Lot Essay
A related example is illustrated on the cover of the American Midwest Collectors' Choice Catalog of Exhibition for the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, 14 October- 27 November 1960, p. 139, no. 827.
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FAVORITES FROM THE COLLECTION OF KRISTINA BARBARA JOHNSON
A CAST IRON GEORGE WASHINGTON STOVE FIGURE
AMERICAN, CIRCA 1840
Details
A CAST IRON GEORGE WASHINGTON STOVE FIGURE
AMERICAN, CIRCA 1840
inscribed Design Patented Aug 26 1840; on associated black-painted cast iron and cement base, inscribed W. M. CRANE CO. N.Y. VULCAN
The figure 47 in. high; the base 18½ in. high (2)
AMERICAN, CIRCA 1840
inscribed Design Patented Aug 26 1840; on associated black-painted cast iron and cement base, inscribed W. M. CRANE CO. N.Y. VULCAN
The figure 47 in. high; the base 18½ in. high (2)
Literature
Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1974), p. 158, no. 278.
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