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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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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Weather Vanes | Polo Player | Ready To Shoot, Copper Verdigris, 35 x 30 In. , | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Quill Pen | Ball & Arrow Stem, Copper, Gilt, 32 x 51 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Ram | Horns, Copper, Flattened, Rod, Waltham, c.1875, 22 x 30 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Brass, 39 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Full Body, 19th Century, 23 1/2 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Full Body, Comb, Open Beak, Wattle, 1880s, 18 3/4 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Gilt, Cushing Type, 29 x 24 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Verdigris, 24 x 23 In. , | 2012 |  | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Zinc, Belted Sphere, Verdigris, J.W. Fiske, N.Y., c.1890, 24 x 21 In. Illustrated, | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Copper, Zinc, Full Body, Embossed Tail & Legs, 1920,25 x 24 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Iron, Scroll Work, Black Paint, 37 1/2 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Lead, 20th Century, 22 1/2 In. , | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Profile, Pine, Sheet Copper Over Edge, On Stand, 1800s, 33 1/2 x 24 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Sheet Iron, 26 1/4 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Standing On Arrow, Gilt Copper, 1800s, 25 3/4 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Tin & Wood, Full Body, Silver & Red Paint, Stand, 1800s, 29 x 9 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Rooster | Zinc, Gray, Wood Base, c.1860, 26 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Sailboat | Copper, c.1910, 38 x 27 In. , | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Ship | Sailing, 2 Masts, Sheet Metal, Wire, Sails, Painted, 31 x 40 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Ship | Sailing, 3 Masts, Full Sail, Copper, Verdigris, 32 x 36 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Ship | Sailing, 3 Masts, Wood, Sheet Metal, Wire, 1900s, 22 x 45 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | St. Julian & Sulky | Horse & Jockey, Full Body, Molded Copper, Cast Zinc, Stand, 1800s, 25 x 47 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Full Body, Copper, Cast Zinc Head, 1880s, 22 x 31 1/2 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Molded, Full Body, Copper, Cast Zinc, Gilded, Display Mount, 1800s, 24 x 27 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Stag | Leaping, Zinc Head, Hollow Body, Gilt Surface, Metal Stand, 27 x 23 In. | 2012 |
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