Large Molded Copper Rooster Weather Vane

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Large Molded Copper Rooster Weather Vane, America, late 19th century, full-bodied molded sheet copper body and tail, cast zinc feet, verdigris surface with vestiges of gilding, mounted on a copper rod, including black metal stand, total ht. 28, lg. 25 1/2 in.

Literature: A similar rooster weather vane is pictured in J.W. Fiske 1893 Illustrated Catalogue, reproduced by Dover in 1971, on p. 39. Another similar weather vane is pictured in Illustrated catalogue of Boston Copper Weathervanes, by Harris & Co., which was reproduced in The Art of the Weathervane, by Steve Miller, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Pennsylvania, 1984, on p. 155.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

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