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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 VanesFlowers2 Stylized Bird Heads, Iron, Stand, France, 19th Century, 48 In. 2012
 Weather VanesFoxRunning, Iron, Directionals, Red, Brown Pair, 1900s, 50 x 31 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGalleonFull Sail, Sheet Metal, Zinc, Stand, Haffenreffer Brewery, c.1925, 29 x 45 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGamecockCopper, Full Body, Embossed, Copper Rod, 1890s, 18 x 16 3/4 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGamecockCopper, Gilt, 18 x 21 In. , 2012
 Weather VanesGamecockCopper, Molded, Gilt, Verdigris, Stand, c.1900, 19 x 15 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGamecockSheet Copper, Full Body, Molded, Stand, c.1875, 19 x 14 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGooseSpread Wings, Copper, Stand, c.1900, 19 1/4 In. 2012
 Weather VanesGrasshopperCopper, Full Body, 1980s, 22 x 35 In. 2012
Weather VanesGrasshopperCopper, Verdigris, Stand, c.1910, 20 x 33 In. Illustrated 2012
Weather VanesHandPointing, Banner, Zinc, Copper, Green, c.1890, 11 x 37 In. Illustrated 2012
 Weather VanesHorse & JockeyRunning, Copper, Verdigris Patina, 18 x 32 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorse Drawn Fire PumperDriver, Sheet Metal, Cutout, c.1915, 15 1/2 x 35 In. 2012
Weather VanesHorseCart, Driver, Gilt, Copper, Zinc, Verdigris, c.1900, 17 x 27 In. Illustrated, 2012
 Weather VanesHorseLed By Trainer, Copper, Gilt Traces, Shot Holes, 27 1/2 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorsePrancing, Copper & Zinc, Full Body, Copper Arrow, 1920s, 19 x 28 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRearing, Tin, Arrow Directional, 1900s, 28 x 23 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper & Cast Iron, Full Body, 1890s, 18 x 29 1/2 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Cast Iron Head, Sheet Metal Mane, Boston, Late 1800s, 16 x 25 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Cast Iron, 19th Century, 55 x 33 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Cast Zinc Head, Base, c.1890, 22 x 32 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Full Body, Cast Zinc Ears, Harris & Co., c.1875, 15 x 26 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Full Body, On Black Iron Stand, 1880s, 31 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Gilded, Zinc Head, Ethan Allen, c.1900, 17 x 30 In. 2012
 Weather VanesHorseRunning, Copper, Hollow, Zinc Head, Verdigris, 19 x 28 In. 2012
 

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