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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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ImageCategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
 Weather VanesAirplaneSpirit Of St. Louis, Wood, Green & White Paint, 1930s, 8 1/2 x 21 x 25 In. 2012
 Weather VanesAngelBlowing Horn, Copper, Twisted Iron Stand, c.1900, 33 x 39 In. 2012
 Weather VanesArrowIron, Painted White, 16 x 5 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesArrowSphere, Corrugated Tail, Scrolled Copper Bands, Stand, c.1900, 19 x 28 1/2 In. 2012
 Weather VanesBullCopper, Applied Horns, 24 x 34 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesBullStanding, Copper, Molded, Full Body, Yellow Paint, c.1890, 25 x 38 In. 2012
 Weather VanesCanada GooseCopper, Old Gilt Traces, 37 x 29 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesCentaurShooting Bow & Arrow, Sheet Steel, Green Gray Paint, 30 In. 2012
 Weather VanesConfederate Soldier FishingUniform, Sitting On Stump, 1900,21 x 27 In. 2012
 Weather VanesCowCopper, Gilt, Full Body, Solid Head, 28 x 24 In. 2012
 Weather VanesCowCopper, Molded, Full Body, Cast Iron, Verdigris, Stand, 1800s, 25 x 37 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesCowCopper, Silver Paint, Flattened Body, 1920s, 17 x 29 In. 2012
 Weather VanesCowStanding, Copper, White, Verdigris, c.1890, 18 x 33 In. 2012
 Weather VanesCrossArrow, Iron, 19th Century, 87 x 49 In. 2012
Weather VanesDeerLeaping, Full Body, Copper, Cast Ears, Antlers, Verdigris, 26 x 27 In. Illustrated 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Arrow, Copper, Gilt, 22 x 22 In. 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Copper, Arrow, Directional, Full Body, Verdigris, c.1910, 55 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Gilt Copper, Spread Wings, Stand, 1800s, 56 x 52 In. 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Full Body, Open Beak, Gilt, 1800s, 21 x 30 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Gilt, 33 x 50 In. 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Molded, Gilt, 18 x 24 In. 2012
 Weather VanesEagleOn Ball, Spread Wings, Gilt Zinc, Hollow Cast, 23 x 25 In. 2012
 Weather VanesFishCopper, Gilt, 18 x 44 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesFishCopper, Gilt, Molded, Stand, c.1900, N.Y., 9 x 19 In. 2012
 Weather VanesFishermanIn Rowboat, Copper, Verdigris, 17 x 31 In. 2012
 

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