American Furniture & Decorative Arts
02-22-2004
02-22-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner Auctions
Boston MA
2230
Boston
February 22, 2004 11:00 AM
$3,055$2,600
Description:
Airplane Weather Vane, America, 20th century, single propeller airplane composed of copper, zinc, iron and wood with verdigris and weathered wood surfaces with traces of gilt, zinc directionals, mounted on a turned wooden baluster supported on a black metal stand, total ht. 54 3/8, wd. 30 3/8, lg. 40 in.
Literature: This weather vane is illustrated in the book Heritage Above: A Tribute to Maine's Tradition of Weather Vanes, photographs and text by Marcia Burnell, 1991, Down East Books, Camden, Maine, p. 77.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Keywords
Maine, black metal stand, Marcia Burnell, CamdenLots in this sale
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907) THE LIFE OF A HUNTER. "A Tight Fix."
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