American folk carved rooster
Pecking Rooster
John Reber (1857-1938), Germansville, Pennsylvania
c. 1880-1900
Carved and gessoed wood with original paint decoration
Ht. 5 3/4"
with two replaced toes.
$3,800
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Metzger, Germansville, Pennsylvania; Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; sold, Sotheby’s, 24 May 1997, lot 430 (partial).
Exhibition: Reading, PA, Historical Society of Berks County, “Just for Nice: Carving and Whittling Magic of Southeastern Pennsylvania,” March – September, 1991.
Literature: Just for Nice (1991), p. 59, fig. 267.