Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Cat Iron "Barnacle Eye" Rooster Windmill Weight, Manufactured by the Elgin Wind Power and Pump Company, Elgin, Illinois, c. 1880, from a family farm in Lincoln, Nebraska, mounted on a metal stand, overall ht. 19, lg. 18 in., wt. 55 lbs.
Literature: For a similar example, see Windmill Weights by Milt Simpson, Johnson and Simpson, New Jersey, 1985, p. 56.
Estimate $1,500-2,500