Sold for:
$4,994
$4,994
Zinc and Copper Standing Horse Weather Vane, America, late 19th century, cast zinc head on figure with molded sheet copper body, with mustard-colored paint, including stand, (imperfections), overall ht. 31 1/2, lg. 31 in. Provenance: Collection Robert Bishop. Literature: Illustrated in A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs, by Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, Crown Publishers, New York, 1981, p. 68 and American Country: A Style and Source Book by Mary Ellisor Emmerling, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1980, p. 48.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-04
