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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. |
| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Embossed Feathers, Half-Body, Copper, Arrow, 19th Century, 29 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Embossed Tail, Cut Sheet, Copper, Metal Stand, J.W. Friske, 32 x 24 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Milk Glass Lightning Ball, Board Mount, c.1900, 32 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Outstretched Wings, Arrow, Molded Copper, Mounted, 1800s, 23 x 22 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Pine, Copper, Painted, 30 x 34 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Sheet Iron, 19th Century, 23 x 23 In. | 2010 |  | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Sheet Iron, Directionals, Illustrated | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Sheet Metal, Iron Tripod Base, 20th Century, 64 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Swell-Bodied, Copper, Yellow & Verdigris, Late 19th Century, 26 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Zinc, Crimped Copper Tail, Legs, Base, A.J. Howard & Co., c.1875, 24 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Sailing Ship | Wood, c.1900, 39 x 27 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Sea Captain | Wood Peg Leg, Telescope, Sheet Metal, 1930s, 28 x 17 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Sheep | Iron, Zinc, 21 1/4 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Ship | Wood, Painted, Copper Sails, 20th Century, 28 x 23 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Snake | Tongue Out, Hand-Forged Metal, Black Paint, 1900s, 11 x 32 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Soldier | Holding Rifle, Black, Sheet Iron, Late 19th Century, 33 3/4 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Applied Zinc Head, Antlers, 30 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Copper Gilt, Zinc Head, Connecticut, 30 In. | 2010 |  | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Copper Molded, Gilt, Rod, Stand, Late 1800s, 29 x 24 In. , Illustrated | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Touring Car | Pierced, Cutout, Gilt Sheet Copper, Brass Rod, c.1900, 11 x 24 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Winged Corncob | Dekalb, Tin Lithograph, 23 In. | 2010 | | | Weather Vanes | Airplane | Sheet Copper Over Wood, Wood Propeller, Weathered, 17 In. | 2009 | | | Weather Vanes | Arrow | Copper, Applied Verdigris Patina, Bullet Holes, Cast Iron Directionals, 65 In. | 2009 | | | Weather Vanes | Arrow | Copper, Cast Iron Directional Signs, Hammered Tail Feathers, 14 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Weather Vanes | Arrow | Iron, Wood Painted Column, c.1900, 45 In. | 2009 |
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