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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 VanesFishWooden Body, Lead & Copper Fittings, 31 In.1996
Weather VanesFlying EagleCopper, 46-in. Wingspan1996
Weather VanesFoxRunning, Directionals, Sheet Steel, 30 In.1996
Weather VanesGabrielSheet Metal, 48 In.1996
Weather VanesGlobeBronze, Fluted Pedestal, Stone, 5 Ft.1996
Weather VanesGoat Bucking FarmerIron, 4 X 3 Ft.1996
Weather VanesGooseFlying, Iron1996
Weather VanesHand SawWooden, Copper Base, 19th Century, 23 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHawkBlack, Copper, Stamped, Gilt Verdigris Surface, 24 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHorse1 Front Leg Up, Cast Head, 14 In.1996
Weather VanesHorse19th Century1996
Weather VanesHorseCopper, Cast Iron Head1996
Weather VanesHorseCopper, Snow Iron Works, Boston, Original Packing Crate, 30 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseGalloping, Copper, Hollow, 29 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseMolded Copper, Zinc Head, 1820s, 27 X 33 In.1996
Weather VanesHorsePainted, J.howard & Co., Mass., C.1880, 18 In.1996
Weather VanesHorsePine, Silhouette, Cutout, 33 X 36 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseRunning, Black Hawk, Gilt Copper, 19th Century, 24 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseRunning, Black Paint, Molded Copper, A.j. Harris & Co., Boston, 29 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseRunning, Gilt Copper, 19th Century, 29 1/2 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseRunning, Zinc & Copper, 26 In.1996
Weather VanesHorseStanding, Copper Molded, Cast Zinc Head1996
Weather VanesHorseTrotting, Zinc, Hollow, Gold Paint1996
Weather VanesHorseZinc1996
Weather VanesHorseZinc, Cast Iron Directionals, 14 1/2 In.1996
 

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