Description

Weather-vane, Running Horse, Ethan Allen Full Body, Old Honest verdigris 19th Century Molded copper with cast iron head, sheet copper mane, full bodied tail, old dry white paint over verdigris with vestiges of gilt. No bullet holes or repairs to body. There is a trivial shallow crease between hoof and hock when horse is looking right. The silhouettes for many horse weather vanes were essentially copied from engraved prints of famous race horses, done by popular lithographers of the day, such as Currier & Ives. Each horse had its own running style (nose up, head flat forward, head perpendicular to the ground, etc.), which prompted their specific features. That is the case with Ethan Allen, a son of the equally famous "Blackhawk," from which another popular weather vane form was made. Several horses look very much like Ethan Allen, such as "Mountain Boy," "Goldsmith Maid," and "Prancing Dixie," and it can be effectively argued that any one is actually the other.

16.00" X 30.00" X 2.00"