FLYING HORSEATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM F. TUCKERMAN1816-1871 | Flying HorseAttributed To William F. Tuckerman1816-1871

David L. Davies, San Francisco, California.

Architectural Digest, March 1997, cover illustration.;
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998) pl. 4, illus. in color.

Weathered surface with an all over verdigris. Heavy solder visible to the proper right side along the seams, and to the rear legs and tail on both sides. 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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Vanes of this form have long been attributed to A.L. Jewell of Waltham, but Jewell's illustrated broadsides and trade cards do not show this form or any vane with a drilled eye, while both of Tuckerman's known stamped vanes have drilled eyes. As noted in the catalog accompanying Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture, this vane's form is remarkably close to that of the sheet copper steeplechase jumper in the Teiger collection that is stamped by Tuckerman. Given those observations, it seems likely that Tuckerman was the maker of this vane.