Codfish Weathervane

Item Information

Title:
Codfish Weathervane
Description:
Codfish weathervane. Carved in the round, with glass eyes. Cod painted white and gray with red gills and mouth.
Manufacturer:
Wilson Brothers
Date:
1840–1858
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
carving (processes)
glass (material)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
weathervanes
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
fish (animals)
pine (wood)
Pine
Glass
Painted
Carved
Fish
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
8 1/2 in. x 37 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2509
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.557
Identifier:
2509