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