Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints
Americana, Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export and Prints
Property from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow, Dallas, Texas
Very Fine and Rare Molded Copper 'Leaping Horse' Weathervane, Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1860
Lot Closed
January 24, 08:04 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow, Dallas, Texas
Very Fine and Rare Molded Copper 'Leaping Horse' Weathervane
Boston, Massachusetts
Circa 1860
Height 30 in. by Width 35 in.
Several vanes of this dynamic early form are known. They have been mistakenly attributed to A.L. Jewell of Waltham, Massachusetts, but he did not make vanes with drilled eyes nor does this design appear in any of his brochures or broadsides.