Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
VERY FINE MOLDED SHEET COPPER AND ZINC HORSE AND RIDER WEATHERVANE, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1850
Auction Closed
October 10, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VERY FINE MOLDED SHEET COPPER AND ZINC HORSE AND RIDER WEATHERVANE, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1850
Height 27 ½ in. by Width 28 ¼ in.
Please note this lot is sold with an accompanying wooden pedestal.
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan.
This horse and rider vane was probably intended to represent a formally dressed equestrian training his mount in the classical art of dressage. Although the maker of this vane has not been identified, similar vanes were made by several manufacturers in the Boston area in the 1850s and ‘60s.