ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM F. TUCKERMAN (1816-1871), BOSTON, CIRCA 1850

Details

A COPPER AND ZINC STEEPLECHASE HORSE WEATHERVANE
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM F. TUCKERMAN (1816-1871), BOSTON, CIRCA 1850
31 in. high, 41 in. wide

Provenance

John Gordon (1921-2003), New York
Frank and Karen Miele, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1984, lot 31

Literature

Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 824.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

With drilled eyes and identical shape, including the precise rendition of the horse's mane, this weathervane follows a model known by four examples stamped by William F. Tuckerman (1816-1871) of Boston. One of these was recently featured in the American Folk Art Museum's American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds exhibition and Robert Shaw's research reveals that Tuckerman was among the earliest, if not the earliest, maker of vanes in the Boston area. He began his coppersmith business in the 1830s and was probably making vanes by the next decade. See also Sotheby's, New York, The History of Now: The Important American Folk Art Collection of David Teiger, 20 January 2019, lot 1254.

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