03-01-201503-01-2015
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2786BBoston
March 1, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Man in Top Hat Whirligig

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$5,843$4,750
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2786BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 01, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Man in Top Hat Whirligig, America, late 19th century, the figure carved from single piece of wood with insert glass jewel eyes, blue jacket and red trousers with applied carved black top hat; arms inset into the body with propeller paddles attached by square cut nails; the figure mounted on a circular and stepped base, (imperfections),ht. 12 3/4 in.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions, The Kahn Collection Part One, August 3, 2002, Lot 187.

Literature: Illustrated in Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whiligigs, (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1991).
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Crack and losses to left paddle, mounting hook attached to back of figure.


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Keywords

Patricia Coblentz, Robert Bishop