Lot 59
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A RARE SMALL MOLDED, GILDED ZINC AND COPPER ROOSTER WEATHERVANE

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A RARE SMALL MOLDED, GILDED ZINC AND COPPER ROOSTER WEATHERVANE
J. HOWARD AND COMPANY, BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The standing figure of a rooster with swelled body delineated with neck and wing feathers, the crinkled-cut sheet copper arched tail applied and spurred legs, retains traces of gilt and yellow polychrome--12 1/2in. high, 12 1/2in. long

Lot Essay

This example is the smallest version of the rooster weathervane produced by J. Howard and Company in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. For a discussion of related weathervanes, See, Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligig's, (New York, 1981), p. 34, fig. 44; also, Steve Miller, The Art of the Weathervane, (Exton, Pennsylvania, 1984), pp. 37, 113.