Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Gamecock Weathervane
Datec. 1875–1900
Made inUnited States
MediumSheet iron, gilded, copper, and paint
Dimensions23 3/4 × 23 1/4 × 4 in. (60.3 × 59.1 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.71.129
Not on view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
This example is typical of the hollow copper weathervanes produced in great numbers by such factories as A. R. & W. T. Westervelt in New York.
Related examples: A very similar weathervane, differing only in the design of the tail, is illustrated in Westervelt 1982, p. 31, no. 162.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1971.
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Bernhard Schobinger
1994
Tin, quartz, iron, gold, copper wire, metal sheet from steel, paint, and ink
2002.4065
Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc
c. 1815–1819
Mercury-gilded brass (ormolu), iron, glass, and enamel
B.61.5
