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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 VanesHorseRunning Flowing Mane Tail Sheet Iron Hand Forged 1800s 25 x 45 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Flowing Tail Copper Zinc Head c.1885 18 1/2 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Molded Copper Cast Brass Cast Bronze Head Copper Rod 20 x 33 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Molded Copper Zinc A.L. Jewell & Co. Mass. 16 x 28 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning On Directionals Copper Verdigris Base c.1890 35 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Sheet Copper Molded Copper Rod Stand Verdigris 1890 16 x 29 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Sheet Iron Patina c.1880 41 x 25 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Sulky Jockey Hollow Body Copper 16 3/4 x 35 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning Swelled Body Cast Iron Head New England 1800s 15 x 24 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning White Paint Directional 58 x 28 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseRunning White Patina Copper Cast Iron Directionals 48 x 44 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseSheet Iron 3 Layers Worn Silver Paint c.1890 16 x 32 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseTrotting Blackhawk Copper Base c.1880 20 x 40 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseTrotting Blackhawk Full Body Zinc Ears Gilt Copper Rod 19 3/4 x 26 1/4 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseTrotting White & Black Paint Sheet Metal 22 x 40 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseWalking Cast Iron Rochester Iron Works 27 x 39 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseWalking Copper Iron 32 In.2011
Weather VanesHorseWalking Full Body Copper Iron 32 In.2011
Weather VanesIndianHolding Tomahawk Bow Sheet Zinc 46 In.2011
Weather VanesIndianOn Charging Horse Silhouette Sheet Iron c.1900 25 x 36 In.2011
Weather VanesIndianShooting Bow & Arrow 2 Dogs Sheet Tin 71 1/4 In.2011
Weather VanesIndianShooting Bow & Arrow Copper Verdigris 20th Century 27 In.2011
Weather VanesIndianWith Bow & Arrow Copper 20th Century 27 In.2011
Weather VanesKetchWood & Tin Multiple Jibs Main Sail 35 3/4 x 36 In.2011
Weather VanesLady LibertyCopper Patina 23 In.2011
 

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