Sold for:
$5,333
$5,333
Diminutive Cast Zinc and Molded Copper "Index" Horse Weather Vane, J. Howard & Co., West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, c. 1860, the front portion of the body of cast zinc, with molded hollow copper mid- and hind- sections, applied copper ears, mane, and unusual full-body tail, mounted on an iron strap base fastened with copper clips, weathered verdigris and yellow sized surface with traces of gilding, no stand, (lacking front leg, pitting/corrosion to zinc), ht. 16, lg. 19 1/2 in. Literature: A similar example is illustrated in The Art of The Weathervane by Steve Miller, Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania, 1984, p. 20.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
