Passed
Starting Bid: $4,000
Est.
$8,000
- $12,000
Live Auction
July 2024 Decoy & Sporting Art Auction | Session One
Live bidding began
Jul 26, 2024 at 10 AM EDT
Description
Description: Full body copper cow attributed to Cushing and Company Boston, Massachusetts. Zinc head. Horns have a unique feature, with balls at the tip. This was a patent made around 1870 in Boston to protect pedestrians from livestock in the streets. Very few cattle weathervanes have this attribute.
Inventory number: 87441
Inventory number: 87441
Condition
Original verdigrised surface with traces of gold guilt; several bullet holes, some have been repaired with lead; a few dents; measures 29" long x 19" tall.