Description:
White-painted Wooden Fish Weathervane, America, last quarter 19th century, cutout wood panel, tack eyes, the tail mortised into the body, the mouth fitted with a whirling propeller, mounted on a wooden spire, with stand, (minor imperfections),overall ht. 26 5/8, lg. 22 1/4 in.
Literature: Illustrated in A Gallery of Weathervanes and Whirligigs, by Robert Bishop & Patricia Coblentz (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981),p. 90.
Estimate $600-800
Old loss to one section of the propeller, weathered paint loss, and stable cracks near base.
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