Lot 689
  • 689

Rare carved pine fox weathervane pattern, attributed to Henry Leach (1809-1885) Boston, 1869-1870

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • FOX WEATHERVANE PATTERN
  • Pine
  • 6 3/4 by 22 1/2 by 2 5/8 in.
  • 1869-1870

Provenance

Henry Francis du Pont, Southampton, Long Island, New York
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, January 24-27-1990, lot 1328

Literature

American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum, p. 340, fig. 304

Condition

Minor age splits in head.
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