A CARVED AND PAINTED PINE ROOSTER

Details
A CARVED AND PAINTED PINE ROOSTER
ATTRIBUTED TO WILHELM SCHIMMEL, 1817-1890, CUMBERLAND VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1865-1890

The carved figure with white painted surface with black spots red crown, gold beak and claws, and articulated tail, standing on a green painted ovoid base--6½in. high

Provenance
Acquired Pennypacker Auction Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1965
Exhibited
Williamsburg, Virginia, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, "Wilhelm Schimmel and Aaron Mounts Woodcarvers" September 1, 1965, number 52.