Sold for:
$3,055
$3,055
Gilt Copper "Patchen" Running Horse Weathervane, attributed to Harris & Co. , Boston, Massachusetts, 1868-82, molded sheet copper full-body vane with zinc ears, old gilt surface with traces of verdigris, mounted on a black painted copper rod, including black metal stand, (repaired bullet holes, minor dents), total ht. 20, lg. 32 in. Literature: A similar weathervane is illustrated in the book The Art of the Weathervane by Steve Miller, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Pennsylvania, 1984, p. 152. A copy of a Harris & Co. catalog is reproduced at the end of the book.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-06-08
