Sold for:
$5,843
$5,843
Man in Top Hat Whirligig, America, late 19th century, the figure carved from single piece of wood with insert glass jewel eyes, blue jacket and red trousers with applied carved black top hat; arms inset into the body with propeller paddles attached by square cut nails; the figure mounted on a circular and stepped base, (imperfections), ht. 12 3/4 in. Provenance: Northeast Auctions, The Kahn Collection Part One, August 3, 2002, Lot 187. Literature: Illustrated in Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whiligigs , (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1991).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01
