ATTRIBUTED TO L.W. CUSHING AND SONS, WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1883

The mold for this weathervane was originally carved by E.W. Hastings in 1869. Hasting was a well known figure head carver in Boston. For a similar example see Bishop and Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirlygigs, (New York, 1981), p. 82, fig. 140