GILDED AND SILVER SHEET COPPER AND ZINC AMERICAN WAVING FLAG HOLDING A HAMMER WITH CUT STARS. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON A MECHANICS HALL IN NEW ENGLAND. C. 1880. FROM THE BARENHOLTZ COLLECTION. SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S 1990 AND AGAIN AT SKINNERS, 1999. IT WAS IN THE WORCESTER,MA ART MUSEUM AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.OLD WEATHERED SURFACE. SEVERAL OLD REPAIRS AROUND ARM. IT IS ILLUSTRATED IN BISHOPS BOOK: AMERICAN FOLK SCULPTURE page 147. SEE THE PHOTOS ON SITE FOR MORE HISTORY. COPIES OF THE BOOKS COME WITH THE VANE.it is 66inches long x 40 inches tall.A wall Mount comes with the flag.    

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