Eagle Weathervane

A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, Massachusetts (1852-1867)
Ca. 1860
Molded copper, iron rods, cast zinc head and feet.
Excellent condition, some wear and loss to the original gilt, retaining an exceptional verdigris surface, minor imperfections on the sphere.
Provenance: Private Collection; Christie’s Important Americana; Purchased from Fred Giampietro, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996.
This rare and imposing size eagle weathervane, having swept-back wings perched on a sphere is complimented with its remarkable state of preservation. The full cast zinc head and taloned feet, coupled with the form identifying this weathervane to be made by A.L. Jewell & Co. For similar weathervanes made by A.L. Jewell & Co. see Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs (New York, 1981), p. 51 no. 78 and Charles Klamkin, Weathervanes: The History, Design and Manufacture of an American Folk Art (New York, 1973), p. 88.