Description:
Molded Copper Red-painted Cow Weathervane, attributed to Cushing & White, Waltham, Massachusetts, late 19th century, flattened full-body sheet copper figure with applied sheet copper ears, mounted on a copper rod, weathered red paint with evidence of earlier gilding, with wooden stand, (minor imperfections),overall ht. 25 1/2, lg. 39 1/2 in.
Literature: See Steve Miller, The Art of the Weathervane (Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1984),p. 46, picturing a similar cow vane attributed to the Cushing & White firm.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Minor scattered dents, most fairly subtle, a couple crimps on ears, seam separation at top of horns, copper cap on back end of the rod is pushed inward.
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