Archangel Gabriel Weathervane188327 × 12 7/8 × 61"Gilded metalBequest of Laura Harding1995.12.901537232234Artist unidentifiedArchitectureThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster22629United StatesThree Dimensional WorksA full-bodied weathervane nearly identical in body was manufactured by Cushing and White of Waltham, Mass. as early as 1869. The model was carved by E.W. Hastings, a Boston figurehead carver. The mold was still in use when the company became L.W. Cushing and Sons and was included in their 1883 catalogue. The known examples, though identical to MAFA's in body, are of a cherubic face, while MAFA's appears older. In the 1940s reproductions were manufactured from the original molds and sold as authentic. Later, Edith Gregor Halpert bought the molds and produced reproductions in limited quanitites.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgWeathervanehttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster22629http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster22629http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2262918831883 1995 12 9 A full-bodied weathervane nearly identical in body was manufactured by Cushing and White of Waltham, Mass. as early as 1869. The model was carved by E.W. Hastings, a Boston figurehead carver. The mold was still in use when the company became L.W. Cushing and Sons and was included in their 1883 catalogue. The known examples, though identical to MAFA's in body, are of a cherubic face, while MAFA's appears older. In the 1940s reproductions were manufactured from the original molds and sold as authentic. Later, Edith Gregor Halpert bought the molds and produced reproductions in limited quanitites.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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