A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
VERY FINE AND RARE FULL-BODIED MOLDED COPPER SQUIRREL WEATHERVANE, ATTRIBUTED TO CUSHING & WHITE OR L.W. CUSHING AND SONS (ACTIVE 1865-1933) WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1870-85
Auction Closed
January 25, 10:08 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
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VERY FINE AND RARE FULL-BODIED MOLDED COPPER SQUIRREL WEATHERVANE
ATTRIBUTED TO CUSHING & WHITE OR L.W. CUSHING AND SONS (ACTIVE 1865-1933)
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1870-85
Height 17 ¾ in. by Length 24 in. by Depth 6 in.
Property of a Rhode Island family;
Christie's New York, Important American Furniture, Silver and Folk Art, January 18-19, 2002, sale 1003, lot 53;
Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts.