08-12-201808-12-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Cast Iron Horse Weathervane

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$8,610$7,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Cast Iron Horse Weathervane, Rochester Iron Works, Rochester, New Hampshire, c. 1850, full-body horse with body details and sheet iron tail, on a custom stand, ht. 26, lg. 37 1/2 in.

Provenance: Judy and Jim Milne, March 12, 1994.

Literature: Steve Miller, The Art of the Weathervane (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1984),p. 27.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $6,000-8,000


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Keywords

Rochester Iron Works, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Steve Miller, Sybil Kern, Jim Milne, Judy Milne, Rochester