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Molded Copper and Zinc Horse Weathervane
attributed to Harris & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1875

19 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$4,480 inc. premium

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Molded Copper and Zinc Horse Weathervane

attributed to Harris & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1875
Swell-bodied copper figure of a racehorse with hollow-molded legs and tail soldered to body, head of solid cast zinc, and crimped mane of sheet copper, raised on vertical supports below chest and back hoof, both connecting to 31-inch horizontal copper rod, includes bracket for wall mounting, fine restored verdigris and gold leaf surfaces, wd. 31 1/4, dp. 2, ht. 16 3/4 in.

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Provenance
Property from an Important New York Collection.

Literature
Similar in size and composition to the popular "Smuggler" racehorse weathervane manufactured by Harris & Co. (c. 1867-82) and later W.A. Snow & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. See Myrna Kaye, Yankee Weathervanes (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1975), p. 172-3.

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