A PAINTED SHEET IRON AND WOOD “AIRPLANE WINDMILL” WITH BLACKSMITH SHOP AUTOMATON

Lot 487
20.01.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 487 | A PAINTED SHEET IRON AND WOOD “AIRPLANE WINDMILL” WITH BLACKSMITH SHOP AUTOMATON
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAINTED SHEET IRON AND WOOD “AIRPLANE WINDMILL” WITH BLACKSMITH SHOP AUTOMATON

INITIALED BY HENRY ENGELHARDT (1861-1944), MARISSA, ILLINOIS, DATED 1833

With internal mechanism operated by rotating propeller that makes figures move; both sides of tail of plane painted ESTB/ 1884/ HE [conjoined]; underside of wings painted twice Removed/ 1919; each side of body of plane painted 1933; upper surface of wing painted APP 1878

24 1/2 in. high, 47 in. wide, 24 1/2 in. deep





Provenance

Henry Engelhardt (1861-1944), Marissa, St Clair County, Illinois, the maker

Elna M. Engelhardt (1893-1985), daughter

Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

Acquired from the above in 1990



Literature

Marissa: Its People and History (Marissa, IL, 1976), p. 21.
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