A.L. Jewell & Co. Molded Copper and Zinc Rooster Weathervane

Description:

A.L. Jewell & Co. Molded Copper and Zinc Rooster Weathervane, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1852-67, full-body figure with embossed details on wings and sheet copper tail, verdigris surface, with metal stand, (bullet hole),overall ht. 31 1/2, lg. 29 in.

Literature: See The Art of the Weathervane, by Steve Miller, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Pennsylvania, 1984 p. 37, which pictures a similar A.L. Jewell & Co. rooster vane.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

There is a bullet hole on the tail.

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