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Weather vanes were used in seventeenth-century Boston. The direction of the wind was an indication of coming weather, important to the seafaring and farming communities. By the mid-nineteenth century, commercial weather vanes were made of metal. Many were shaped like animals. Ethan Allen, Dexter, St. Julian, are famous horses that were depicted. Today's collectors often consider weather vanes to be examples of folk art, even though they may not have been handmade. Deacon Shem Drowne was the first documented American weather vane maker who created the famous grasshopper vane on top of the Faneuil Hall in Boston. 

 
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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
Weather VanesDragon Flying, Cutout, Silhouette, Sheet Metal, Hollow Post, 34 x 19 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Ball, Copper, Verdigris, Metal Stand, 21 x 24 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Copper, Full-Bodied, Spread Wings, Green Verdigris, 18 x 20 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Full-Bodied, Copper, Zinc, Perched On Ball, Directional, c.1925, 29 1/2 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Spread Wings, Arrow, Ball, Molded Copper, Gilt, Verdigris, 22 x 31 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Spread Wings, Copper, Directionals, Cupola, 53 x 22 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Spread Wings, Copper, Gilt, Directional, Early 20th Century, 28 x 17 In. 2010
Weather VanesEagle Spread Wings, Open Beak, Ball, Arrow, Copper, Zinc, 28 x 38 In. 2010
Weather VanesFire Horn Copper, Ball, Shaft, Stand, 1800s, 28 x 51 In. 2010
Weather VanesFish Sheet Metal, Gold Paint, Stand, 20th Century, 33 3/4 In. 2010
Weather VanesFox Running, Pierced Eye, Sheet Iron, 10 1/2 x 38 In. 2010
Weather VanesGame Cock Arched Head, Copper, 28 1/2 x 17 In. 2010
Weather VanesGoose In Flight, Figural, Copper, Directionals, 20 x 29 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Blackhawk, Copper, Full-Bodied, Zinc Ears, Verdigris, Gilding, 26 x 17 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Jockey, Copper, Full-Bodied, 18 1/2 x 32 x 4 3/4 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Jockey, Copper, Gilt, 32 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Jumping In Hoop, Full-Bodied, Copper, Cast Zinc Head, Verdigris, 23 x 31 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Leaping, Full-Bodied, Cutout Eyes, Copper, 1895, 25 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Lexington, Molded Sheet Copper, Cast Iron, Mass., c.1890, 27 x 33 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Prancing, Full-Bodied, Bannerette, Gilt, 23 1/2 x 21 1/2 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Racing, Cutout, Sheet Metal, Modern Stand, Blackhawk, c.1890, 19 x 26 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Running, Copper, 17 x 32 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Running, Copper, Gilt, Steel Base, Late 19th Century, 13 x 25 x 1 3/4 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Running, Copper, Molded, Harris & Co., Mass., 1880s, 20 x 26 In. 2010
Weather VanesHorse Running, Copper, White Paint, Directionals, Late 1800s, 18 x 31 In. 2010
 

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