ETHAN ALLEN, Horse Weathervane. America's most winning and celebrated Trotter. Early model, with rare cast sink head and mane, with  a molded copper, body. Exceptional, all original, ( one early repaired bullet hole) , green verdigris patina. Retains its original oval mfg. tag, showing "patented on August 18, 1868".  

History:  In 1865 Leonard Cushing, a civil engineer worked in Providence, RI. Stillman White worked for him as a machinist. They purchased the A.L. Jewell & Co. In Waltham, Ma. Although neither man knew anything about making weathervanes, they jumped in at the auction and bought the equipment, molds, and designs , and formed the " Cushing & White. In 1870, White left the firm, and it became known as L.W.Ccushing & Co. It makes it easy to date this "Smuggler " trotting horse, Weathervane. 
reference "American Weathervanes, the Art of the Winds". Many pages are devoted to this maker. Page- 144-165 & page 150, catalog shows this 29 inch long example. This example is referenced in most of the weathervane books.