Gilt Sheet Copper Rooster Weathervane

Description:

Gilt Sheet Copper Rooster Weathervane, Harris & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1880, full-body rooster mounted on sphere with two additional spheres and directional below, weathered gilt surface, on iron stand, rooster ht. 34 in.

Literature: A similar weather vane is pictured in the Illustrated catalogue of Boston Copper Weathervanes, by Harris & Co., which was reproduced in Steve Miller The Art of the Weathervane (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Pennsylvania, 1984),p. 155.
Estimate $6,000-8,000


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