ATTRIBUTED TO L.W. CUSHING AND SONS (ACTIVE 1865-1933), WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MOLDED COPPER SQUIRREL WEATHERVANE
Attributed to L.W. Cushing and Sons (active 1865-1933), Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century
In the form of a crouching squirrel grasping a nut raised to its mouth, with wire whiskers and full scrolling tail perched on a molded branch, includes directionals and rod support, lacking modern display stand (filled gunshot holes)
17¾in. high, 24in. wide, 5in. deep the squirrel

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For a similar squirrel weathervane on branch support by L.W. Cushing and Sons, see Miller, The Art of the Weathervane (Exton, PA, 1984), p. 78.

For a carved pattern used in the production of squirrel weathervanes such as the example illustrated here, by Henry Leach (1809-1885) of Boston, see Hollander et al., American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York, 2001), p. 341, fig. 305.