Weathervane: Cow
Date1852-1880
Possibly by
A. L. Jewell & Co. (active 1852-1867)
Possibly by
Cushing & White (active 1867-1872)
Possibly by
L. W. Cushing & Sons (active 18[72?]-1933)
MediumCopper, zinc alloy, gilding, paint
DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 × 29 1/8 × 6 1/8 in (42.5 × 74 × 15.5cm)
Credit LineGift of the Museum of Modern Art
Object number1931.800.6
DescriptionA slim, but dimensional, figure of a cow, the head relatively small with short, forward-tilting horns, standing on a horizontal cross bar. The head is cast zinc-alloy, the body sheet copper molded in two halves and soldered together.Label TextThis cow weather vane is one of several A. L. Jewell designs that were retained by his successors, Cushing & White and L. W. Cushing & Sons, after Jewell's death in 1867. L. W. Cushing & Sons discontinued Jewell's occasional practice of using cast zinc-alloy heads in favor of vanes made entirely of sheet copper by about 1880.ProvenanceFound in Boston, Mass., by Edith Greegor Halpert, Downtown Gallery, New York, NY; acquired from Halpert by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; given by the latter to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, in 1939; given by MoMA to CWF in June 1954.
1875-1900
Probably 1900-1910
