$29,375
Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood and Zinc Soldier Whirligig, New England, first half 19th century, the figure with back hair and mustache, wearing a black-painted sheet zinc bicorn hat, a blue jacket with a red sash, white trousers and black boots, black painted paddles, including metal wall mount, ht. 20 1/2 in. Provenance: The Stewart Gregory sale, Sotheby's New York, January 27, 1979. Exhibited and illustrated in the exhibition catalog Masterpieces of American Folk Art, produced by the Monmouth County Historical Society and the Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, September 30-November 29, 1975.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-02-18