Lot 321
  • 321

RARE MOLDED COPPER LIBERTY WEATHERVANE, attributed to Cushing and White, Waltham, Massachusetts, Circa 1865

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Copper
  • 29 by 18 inches
  • circa 1865
The swell-bodied, stylized figure of Liberty holding a painted 13-star American flag.

Provenance

Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture, The Distinguished Collection of the Late Stewart E. Gregory, January 29, 1979, Sale 4209, lot 221.

Condition

Rough solder around the waist and hem; repainted flag.
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