STAR, SCROLL AND ORB BANNERETTEPOSSIBLY BY J.W. FISKE & CO.1875-1900 | Star, Scroll and Orb BannerettePossibly By J.W. Fiske & Co.1875-1900

Giampietro American Antiques and Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving:  A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998) cat. no. 59, illus. in color.

Wear and losses to the surface consistent with age and use. Touchup to the gilding and polychrome. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Purchasers may pay for and pick up their purchases from any of our Americana Week sales taking place from January 17-20, 2019, at our York Avenue headquarters until the close of business on Sunday, January 20, 2019. After this time, all property (sold and unsold) will be transferred to our offsite facility, Crozier Fine Art, One Star Ledger Plaza, 69 Court Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102. Once property has been transferred from our York Avenue location, it will not be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts until Friday, January 25, 2019. Crozier's hours of operation for collection are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday. Please note, certain items of property, including but not limited to jewelry, watches, silver and works on panel will remain at 1334 York Avenue. Invoices and statements will indicate your property's location. For more information regarding collection from our offsite facility, please visit sothebys.com/pickup.
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This large and complex bannerette retains the original star and spire that top its vertical pole, which echo and balance the similar but larger forms that make up its front end. J.W. Fiske, which was one of New York's most prominent weathervane manufacturers, included an illustration of a closely related "New Design Church Vane" in its 1893 catalog that differs only in small ways from this example. The catalog lists the vane in six, seven, and eight-foot lengths, ranging in price from $100 to $140.