$11,000
Sheet and Wrought Iron Peacock Weather Vane, probably Pennsylvania, c. 1800, cut-out sheet iron body with wrought iron comb and tail ornaments and strap reinforcements, mounted on an iron shaft, rusty weathered mustard yellow surface, no stand, ht. 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Ex Frank and Barbara Pollack collection; Bob Bishop, New York City. Literature: This weathervane is illustrated in American Country: FOLK ART. Created by Rebus, Inc., published by Time-Life Books, 1990, p. 153. A similar example is illustrated in American Folk Sculpture by Robert Bishop, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1974, on p. 13, and in The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 by Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester, Viking Press, New York, 1974, p. 140, fig. 183. 114- four bullet holes, 3/4 in. vertical split on top of head, rusty surface.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-19
