J. Howard Gilt Zinc and Copper Rooster Weather Vane

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J. Howard Gilt Zinc and Copper Rooster Weather Vane, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, c. 1854-67, cast zinc flattened full-body vane, with corrugated sheet copper tail, cast copper feet, supported on an iron bar, weathered gilt surface, with stand, overall ht. 31, lg. 25 3/4 in.

Literature: A similar rooster vane by J. Howard is illustrated in A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs, by Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, Crown Publishers, 1981, p. 34.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

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