Lot Essay
A vane by the same maker is illustrated in An American Sampler: Folk from the Shelburne Museum, (Washington, D.C., 1987), p. 128, fig. 69.
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A SHEEET IRON COW WEATHERVANE, American, late 19th century, depicting a silhouette of a cow, the body formed of two parts of sheet iron, with some articulation to torso and udder--22 1/2in. high, 22 1/2in. long