Lot 458
458
A NORTH AMERICAN MOULDED COPPER WEATHERVANE MODELLED AS A GRASSHOPPER
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A NORTH AMERICAN MOULDED COPPER WEATHERVANE MODELLED AS A GRASSHOPPER

ATTRIBUTED TO CUSHING AND WHITE, WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS, NEW ENGLAND, CIRCA 1880

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A NORTH AMERICAN MOULDED COPPER WEATHERVANE MODELLED AS A GRASSHOPPER
ATTRIBUTED TO CUSHING AND WHITE, WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS, NEW ENGLAND, CIRCA 1880
With applied wings, legs and antenae, modern stand
23 in. (58 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) long overall
Provenance
With Pioneer Interiors, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 17 December 1979.
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Lot Essay

The most famous grashopper weathervane is situated on the roof of Faneuil Hall, Boston, created by Shem Drowne of Maine in circa 1742.
Later grasshoppers by other makers are known and another similar was sold by Christie's New York 21 January 2011, lot 208.

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