American Furniture & Decorative Arts

(Nora) #1
736.
Pierced Copper and Iron Banner Weather Vane, America, late 19th
century, with iron spiral above geometric pierced sheet copper banner,
supported on a iron rod roof mount ornamented with scrolls, the
banner with verdigris surface, (losses), overall ht. 88, lg. 51 in.
$800-1,200

737.
Painted Mixed-metal Bicycler Whirligig, America, late 19th/early 20th
century, polychrome-painted articulated cast zinc figure pedals with the
help of a galvanized steel and sheet iron propeller and gear mechanism,
and large rectangular polychrome-painted sheet iron tail, no stand,
(paint loss, some rusty surfaces), ht. 24, lg. 48 in.
$3,000-5,000

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