A Folk Art gilded iron hare silhouette weather vane, 19th century

A Folk Art gilded iron hare silhouette weather vane, 19th century, in running pose, 48 x 78cm; together with two painted sheet metal bird decoys 51cm and 34cm long (3)

Provenance: Collection of Mike Handford, 'Hillsleigh', Burford, Oxfordshire

Hare with old repairs and two patches of severe rust which has rotted right through ...also fasteneing rod is gone leaving only the ond fixing tab. a.f smaller bird lost its metal stem...both birds have rusing on surface and the gull has feather tips truncated.a.f