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Weathercock
- Place of origin:
France (made)
- Date:
ca. 1700-1725 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Wrought iron and copper, painted and gilt
- Museum number:
909:1 to 3-1906
- Gallery location:
Ironwork, Room 114c, case EXP []
Physical description
Wrought iron and copper weathercock with paint traces of black, red, green (viridian, bronze, transl, olive), red and red brown ochre, transl yellow and yellow. There are also traces of a brown deposit, gold leaf, yellow oil size and varnish or glaze.
Place of Origin
France (made)
Date
ca. 1700-1725 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Wrought iron and copper, painted and gilt
Dimensions
Height: 270 cm, Width: 88 cm, Depth: 63 cm
Descriptive line
Weathercock, painted wrought iron and copper, made in France, ca. 1700-1725, the stand ca. 1900
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
pl.2
Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157
Lister, R. Art in Iron. pp.113-116.
Labels and date
WEATHERCOCK
Wrought iron and copper, painted
France; c. 1700-25 (stand c. 1900)
Weathercocks were in use in England before the 11th century. The fashion for them remained almost exclusively English and they were not produced on the Continent until much later.
Museum No. 909-1906 [07/1994]
Materials
Wrought iron; Copper
Techniques
Forging (metal forming); Painting (coating); Gilding
Categories
Metalwork; Ironwork
Collection
Metalwork Collection