Weather Vanes
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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Image Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Weather Vanes Airplane Spirit Of St. Louis, Wood, Green & White Paint, 1930s, 8 1/2 x 21 x 25 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Angel Blowing Horn, Copper, Twisted Iron Stand, c.1900, 33 x 39 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Arrow Iron, Painted White, 16 x 5 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Arrow Sphere, Corrugated Tail, Scrolled Copper Bands, Stand, c.1900, 19 x 28 1/2 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Bull Copper, Applied Horns, 24 x 34 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Bull Standing, Copper, Molded, Full Body, Yellow Paint, c.1890, 25 x 38 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Canada Goose Copper, Old Gilt Traces, 37 x 29 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Centaur Shooting Bow & Arrow, Sheet Steel, Green Gray Paint, 30 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Confederate Soldier Fishing Uniform, Sitting On Stump, 1900,21 x 27 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Cow Copper, Gilt, Full Body, Solid Head, 28 x 24 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Cow Copper, Molded, Full Body, Cast Iron, Verdigris, Stand, 1800s, 25 x 37 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Cow Copper, Silver Paint, Flattened Body, 1920s, 17 x 29 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Cow Standing, Copper, White, Verdigris, c.1890, 18 x 33 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Cross Arrow, Iron, 19th Century, 87 x 49 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Deer Leaping, Full Body, Copper, Cast Ears, Antlers, Verdigris, 26 x 27 In. Illustrated 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Arrow, Copper, Gilt, 22 x 22 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Copper, Arrow, Directional, Full Body, Verdigris, c.1910, 55 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Gilt Copper, Spread Wings, Stand, 1800s, 56 x 52 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Full Body, Open Beak, Gilt, 1800s, 21 x 30 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Gilt, 33 x 50 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Spread Wings, Copper, Molded, Gilt, 18 x 24 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Eagle On Ball, Spread Wings, Gilt Zinc, Hollow Cast, 23 x 25 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Fish Copper, Gilt, 18 x 44 In. , 2012 Weather Vanes Fish Copper, Gilt, Molded, Stand, c.1900, N.Y., 9 x 19 In. 2012 Weather Vanes Fisherman In Rowboat, Copper, Verdigris, 17 x 31 In. 2012
