c. 1860
Maker: J. Howard and Company, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Copper and zinc with verdigris, gilding and mustard sizing
This horse became known as the Index horse as it was featured in one of the first
compilations of American folk art, The Index of American Design.
25 long x 18-1/2 high x 5 deep
SOLD
c. 1750
Iron
Massachusetts
This very early weathervane has similarities to the vanes of
Shem Drowne,America's first master vane maker who
worked in Boston in the early 1700's.
28" long x 30-1/2" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Maker unknown
Fabulous varied surface
29 long x 17-3/4 high x 3-1/2 deep
SOLD
c. 1870
Charming iron weathervane with original paint.
18 wide x 18-1/2 high
SOLD
Mid 19th c
Beautifully formed, elegant banner with killer finial
26 long x 18-3/4 high
SOLD
Late 19th c.
Copper and iron
Graceful swallowtail form
SOLD
Late 19th c.
Attributed to J. Howard, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
16 high x 38-7/8 long
SOLD
Late 19th c
Canada
Beautifully realized tin game cock on long pole with exquisitely formed ball
.This fellow may have begun life with wings.
16-1/2 wide x 39-1/2 high x 6 deep
SOLD
c. 1870
Zinc and copper
Attributed to J. Howard and Company, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
24" long x 7-1/2" high
SOLD
c. 1860
A.L. Jewell and Company, Waltham, Massachusetts
Copper and zinc
Extremely rare form on original bar
See Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs,
Bishop and Coblentz, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1981, page 70
27 wide x 30 high
SOLD
c. 1870
Attributed to A.L. Jewell, Waltham, Massachusetts
Copper and zinc with old regilding
Graceful form
28 long x 19 high x 4 deep
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper
The quill form was often used atop libraries and schools.
This is an unusually large example with a beautifully ravaged surface.
53 long x 24 high x 6 deep (stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
E. G. Washburne and Company, Broadway, New York, New York
Copper with remnants of original gold leaf
Rare form
32-1/2" wide x 15" high x 6" deep (stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with residual mustard sizing
Strong form
29" long x 14" high (on stand) x 5" deep (stand)
SOLD
First half 19th c., possibly late 18th c.
Forged and rolled iron with egg-shaped lead counterweight
Similar to a banner vane on one of the turrets of the
Vanderbilt estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
22" long x 15" high (on stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with zinc head, horns and broom tail
Attributed to either Harris and Company, Boston
or Cushing and White of Waltham, Massachusetts
Imposing presence and size.
25" long x 15-1/4" high on stand
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper, iron and zinc
Extraordinary movement. Beautifully crafted and in excellent condition.
33" long x 20-1/2" high (on stand)
SOLD
c. 1860
Stood atop an Albany, New York armory
Copper with residual overpaint
48" wingspan
SOLD
c. 1860
Attributed to A.L. Jewell, Waltham, Massachusetts
Unusual tail and leg configuration
21" long x 24-1/2" high on stand)
SOLD
c. 1865
Copper with gilding
Unusual small size of this form
21" long x 19" high (on stand) x 15" wingspan
SOLD
c. 1875
Copper with wondrous surface and great movement.
Sculptural mane and tail
Attributed to Cushing and White, Waltham, Massachusetts
SOLD
c. 1900
Carved by Augustus "Gus" Wilson
Stood atop the Federal House in Bath, Maine
21" long x 20-1/4" high x 5" deep
SOLD
c. 1860
Copper and zinc with remnants of original sizing
J. Howard and Company, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
26" wide x 28" high x 8" deep (stand)
SOLD
1931 Chevy
c. 1935
Wonderful form
30" long x 14-1/4" high x 1-1/8" deep
SOLD
c. 1920
Newport, Rhode Island
Maker: Kenneth Lynch
Reference: Weathervanes, The History, Manufacture and Design of an American Folk Art. Charles Klamkin.
Hawthorne Books, New York, 1973.
51" wide x 21" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper and zinc
Unusual long body, articulated udder and broom tail.
30 long x 16 high
SOLD
c. 1850
France
Painted tin
This breathtaking weathervane with extraordinary form ,
superb surface and a tail which will be the standard against
which rooster tails are measured in the future, resided
on a church steeple in rural France.
40" long x 27-1/2" high x 6" deep (stand)
SOLD
c. 1870
Beautiful patina and surface decoration to this
folky, almost story book horse.
37" long x 26-1/2" high (on stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
Cast and sheet iron
Rochester Ironworks, Rochester, New Hampshire
From the John Wiswall house, Wiswall Road, Durham, New Hampshire
Photographs of the horse atop the house barn available
39" long x 27" high x 8" deep (stand)
SOLD
Late 18th or early 19th c
France
Iron
25" wide x 20" high
SOLD
19th century
From a barn belonging to the Jone's Dairy Farm, Princeton, NJ
Most probably an 'individual effort' and not a factory weathervane.
Has a wonderful modeling of the surface akin to Picasso's goats.
SOLD
c. 1800
England
Copper and iron
A very early, beautifully formed and preserved example.
36" long x 23-1/2" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with gilding
30" long z 22" high (on stand) x 4" deep (stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with gilding
Black Hawk was a famous
Morgan trotter of the day
28" long x 19-1/2" high
SOLD
Late 19th c
Wood, metal and wire
26" long x 10-1/2" high (on stand)
SOLD
c. 1900
Full bodied tin with mustard paint
ex Weld Collection
17-1/2" wide x 24" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper and zinc with remnants of gilding
27" long x 16" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Gilded copper
Attributed to Fiske and Company, New York, New York
27" wide x 24" high x 4" deep
SOLD
c. 1880
Rochester Iron Works, Rochester, New Hampshire
Sheet and cast iron
24" long x 23" high (27" high on stand)
SOLD
Late 19th c
Tin with inset eyes of steel and hand forged iron
rod with attached boot jack banner vane.
Martha Vineyard, Massachusetts
16" wide x 22-1/2" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Washburn and Company, New York
Copper with remnants of gilding
Rare form
21-1/2 long x 19" high (on stand)
SOLD
c. 1880
Attributed to Cushing and White,
Waltham, Massachusetts
Unusually large size and beautiful patina
34" long x 21" high x 5" deep (stand)
SOLD
Late 19th c
New England
Wood and polychrome with glass eye
Beautifully conceived and weathered form
45" long x 12" high (34-1/2" high on finial)
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with zinc ears
Residual mustard sizing and remnants of gold leaf.
Black Hawk was a Morgan trotter of the day immortalized by
Currier and Ives and a favorite subject of weathervane manufacturers.
24" long x 17-1/2" high
SOLD
Late 19th c.
Residual blue paint
26-1/2" long x 6-1/2" high x 3/4" deep
SOLD
Late 19th c
Iron with chrome yellow paint
23" long
24" long x 12" high
SOLD
c. 1870
Beautiful form
Attributed to J. L. Howard, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Zinc and copper
20" long x 6-1/2" high
SOLD
1928
Zinc and iron
Fabulous form, beautifully patinated and heroically sized
48" long x 22" high
SOLD
c. 1875
Cushing, Waltham, Massachusetts
Very early version of this weathervane with detail on bow not seen in later versions.
Single sail enables piece to move freely in the wind.
36-1/2" long x 34" high (on stand) x 6" deep
SOLD
c. 1880
Copper with residual gilding
Manufactured by Cushing and White, Waltham, Massachusetts
Signed on the oval plate
28" long x 17" high
SOLD
c. 1880
Attributed to Fiske and Company, New York, New York
Copper and zinc
33" wide x 19" high x 4" deep (stand)
SOLD
Early 20th c
Primitive folky rendering with wildly
different coloration, one side to the other
21" long x 21" high x 2" deep (on stand)
SOLD
