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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 | Stag | Sheet Iron, 19th Century, 28 In. , | 2012 |  | Weather Vanes | Turkey | Copper, Full Body, Mottled, 20th Century, 25 x 65 In. Illustrated | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Whale | Copper, Verdigris, 15 x 36 In. , | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Whale | Sperm, Directional, Staff, Copper, c.1905, 36 x 30 In. | 2012 | | | Weather Vanes | Arrows | Crossed Center Spear Directionals Zinc Iron 60 1/2 x 26 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Banner | Directionals Wrought Bronze Sheet Copper Verdigris c.1905 68 x 26 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Banner | Dragon Head Tin 1839 5 x 7 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Banner | Lyre Arrow Copper Wood Verdigris Black 33 In. x 8 Ft. 11 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Bull | Copper 127 x 24 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Canada Goose | Flying Pine Carved Painted A.E. Crowell Mass. c.1920 13 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Chef | Boy Dog Howard Johnson’s Cast Aluminum 30 x 48 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cock | Green Paint Pierced Eye Tail Feathers Sheet Iron Iron Pole 1800s 14 x 28 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cow | Full Body Molded Copper Cast Zinc Verdigris c.1890 21 x 33 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cow | Full Body Molded Copper Copper Rod Verdigris c.1890 23 x 36 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cow | Molded Copper Gilt Copper Rod Verdigris c.1920 16 1/2 x 26 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cow | Molded Sheet Copper Copper Rod Verdigris Late 19th Century 16 x 27 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Cow | Standing Horns Copper Cushing c.1880 26 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Dog | Setter Full Body Sheet Copper Copper Rod Molded Gilt c.1910 16 x 33 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Dog | Setter Pointing Copper Repousse Ears Green & Gold Paint 15 x 35 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Full Body Globe Directionals Copper Verdigris Patina Early 1900s 42 x 32 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Full Body Spread Wings Ball Copper Gilded 21 x 22 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Full Body Spread Wings Copper Gilt 13 x 14 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Spread Wings Arrow Directionals Copper Older Regilt c.1908 26 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Spread Wings Gold Gilt Directional Letters Mounted On Block 20 x 21 In. | 2011 | | | Weather Vanes | Eagle | Spread Wings On Ball Directionals 19 x 20 In. | 2011 |
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