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A Fine and Rare Flying steeplechase horse over a gate weathervane, A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, Massachusetts circa 1860
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Description
- height 34in. by length 36in. by depth 2in. 85cm by 90cm by 5cm
the swell-bodied copper horse with original dry gilding and wonderful green oxidized patination; the copper gate with iron rods for reinforcement.
Provenance
A horse farm near Keene, New Hampshire
James Kronen Gallery, New York
J. J. Frank, Esq. Washington, DC
Steve Miller, New York
Literature
Miller, Steve, Art of the Weathervane, New York, ill. p. 124
Catalogue Note
The form of the horse is similar in appearance to children's toys of the mid-1800s.