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ATTRIBUTED TO J. HOWARD (JONATHAN HOWARD, B. 1806) AND COMPANY (ACTIVE 1850-1868), WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
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A GILDED AND MOLDED ZINC AND SHEET COPPER BANNERETTE WEATHERVANE
Attributed to J. Howard (Jonathan Howard, b. 1806) and Company (active 1850-1868), West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
With gilded four-prong lightening rod finial above a sheet copper bannerette centering a tapering rod flanked by repeating scrolls headed by a cast zinc double-pointed arrow and terminating a half-round of radiating tulips and buds centering a lone figure in a canoe, above a gilded zinc ball on cylindrical support over cast gilded and black-painted directionals above a second larger gilded zinc ball, on a modern base
82in. high, 42in. long, 35in. wide overall
Attributed to J. Howard (Jonathan Howard, b. 1806) and Company (active 1850-1868), West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
With gilded four-prong lightening rod finial above a sheet copper bannerette centering a tapering rod flanked by repeating scrolls headed by a cast zinc double-pointed arrow and terminating a half-round of radiating tulips and buds centering a lone figure in a canoe, above a gilded zinc ball on cylindrical support over cast gilded and black-painted directionals above a second larger gilded zinc ball, on a modern base
82in. high, 42in. long, 35in. wide overall