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The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

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VERY FINE AND RARE MOLDED<br />

SHEET COPPER ‘NORTH WIND’<br />

WEATHERVANE, A.B. & W.T.<br />

WESTERVELT, NEW YORK,<br />

CIRCA 1883<br />

Height 54 in. by Width 35 in. by Depth 9 in.<br />

PROVENANCE<br />

Ronald and Penny Dionne, Willington,<br />

Connecticut;<br />

Giampietro American Folk Art, New Haven,<br />

Connecticut.<br />

A. B. & W. T. Westervelt, located on Chambers<br />

Street in New York, advertised themselves<br />

as “Manufacturers of iron, brass and copper<br />

work. Railings, Grates, Guards, Grilles, Weather<br />

Vanes, Crosses, Crestings, Finials, Fountains,<br />

Vases, Statuary, Bedsteads, Lightning Rods.<br />

Iron, Brass and Nickel Stable Fittings. Fireproof<br />

Book Shelving. Each class of goods in a<br />

separate Catalogue.” The company featured<br />

this “NEW DESIGN BANNERET” in its 122-page<br />

1883 catalog of “weather vanes, bannerets, and<br />

finials”, where an eight -foot long version was<br />

priced at $180.<br />

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$ 30,000-50,000<br />

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