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Gilt Metal Codfish Weather Vane, circa 1910

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  • Monumental 19th Century Fisherman Atop Fish Double Whirligig Weather Vane
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Monumental 19th century fisherman atop fish double whirligig weather vane, from Harpswell, Maine, circa 1890, an exceptionally large rustic weather vane from a fisherman's shanty, with whirligig arms on figure and at tip of fish's snout. Great little details include the individual fingers on the tips of the arms. Very worn weathered traces of the original paint. Descended within the family from the Great Grandfather maker. Truly an exceptional piece of New England folk art...
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  • Folk Art Brigantine Weathervane by Frank Adams, Martha's Vineyard, circa 1930s
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Folk Art Brigantine Weathervane by Frank Adams (1871 - 1944), West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, circa 1930s, a hand built weathervane of a brigantine with square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged mainmast, with wooden hull, characteristic cut sheet metal sails with folded fore-edges, and wire rigging. The weathervane is in original nicely weathered paint and condition. Frank Adams was a folk artist on the Vineyard best known for his duck decoys, but also for these weathervanes, ship models, miniature decoys...
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    Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes

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    Metal

  • Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree, circa 1910
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree (1867 – 1951), artist active in the New Bedford area from 1910 to about 1932, a watercolor of the iconic American whaleship under sail. The MORGAN is the most famous Yankee whale ship, and the only surviving 19th Century whaleship from the age of sail...
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    Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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    Paper

  • Folk Art Penguin Whirligig, circa 1930s-40s
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Early Vintage Penguin Whirligig from Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1930s - 1940s, a hand cut and painted wooden flat silhouette of a large penguin in ...
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  • Schooling Mackerel by Barnaby Porter, circa 1970's
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Schooling Mackerel by Barnaby Porter, circa 1970s, a sculpture made from reclaimed wood on the mid-coast of Maine. Porter used old found wood to cut and hand paint these three mackerel "weathervanes," mounted together as a school - this was part of an original room-sized installation. The sculpture is in excellent, as made "distressed" condition as shown in photographs. Porter's work has been exhibited in the Farnsworth Museum and elsewhere and has been featured in the TV show, "Made in Maine', and in magazines such as Fine Woodworking...
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  • Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with carved and painted detail to open jaw, in original black paint with highlights. A ve...
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    Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

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