A Decorative c.1900 Folk Art Cut Metal Weather Vane Finial in the Form of a Flag sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The canvas has craquelure and

The canvas has craquelure and is dirty

and caused serious health and moral problems in England

Period: Mid Nineteenth Century

and the painting of equal skill

Birdcages such as this were often built to represent monumental buildings

A Decorative c.1900 Folk Art Cut Metal Weather Vane Finial in the Form of a Flag sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The canvas has craquelure andOrigin: Probably American Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 10 inches (flag) Length: 23. 75 inches (flag) Height: 24 inches (the whole with stand) The turn of the century cut metal sheet iron weather vane finial with a split flag buffer, paint decorated in blues on a red ground, now presented as a decorative element and raised on a later stand. The condition of the weather vane is sound, there is some