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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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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
Weather VanesFishSheet Copper Silver Paint Molded Black Stand c.1910 10 1/2 x 30 In.2011
Weather VanesFoxRunning Patina 12 x 32 In.2011
Weather VanesGame CockCushing Type 28 1/2 x 26 In.2011
Weather VanesGrasshopperCopper 13 x 31 1/2 In.2011
Weather VanesGrasshopperCopper Verdigris Patina 9 x 16 In.2011
Weather VanesGrasshopperEtched Sheet Iron 9 x 18 In.2011
Weather VanesHaley’s CometCopper Iron Zinc Directional On Pine Board c.1915 19 x 18 In.2011
Weather VanesHayingHorse Pulling Wagon 3 Figures Dog Copper 19 x 24 In.2011
Weather VanesHorse & JockeyGilt Copper 19 x 31 In.2011
Weather VanesHorse & SulkyCopper Driver Gilded c.1875 17 x 35 1/2 In.2011
Weather VanesHorse & SulkyVerdigris 20 x 39 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseCast Iron Rochester Iron Works 19th Century 27 x 39 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseJockey Full Body Cast Iron Copper 18 x 30 In.2011
Weather VanesHorsePrancing Cast Iron Directionals Rochester N.H. Iron Works 1800s 27 x 39 In.2011
Weather VanesHorsePrancing Sheet Iron c.1900 37 x 19 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRacing Zinc Jockey Copper Gilt Painted 18 x 30 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRider House Flag Wood Sheet Metal 28 x 44 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Directionals Stamped J Harris & Co. 34 1/2 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Full Body Directionals Post 19th Century 20 x 29 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Gilt 19 1/4 x 27 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Gilt Molded Directionals Ball 20 x 29 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Harris & Co. c.1900 14 x 28 1/2 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Molded Gilded Patina Harris & Co. 17 x 33 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Copper Zinc Head Mounted On Board 34 x 22 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Cutout Silhouette Sheet Iron Gold Paint Stand Iowa c.1890 33 In.2011
 

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