Windmill Weights

A wonderful A 20 Rooster windmill weight manufactured by Elgin Wind Power & Pump Co. of Elgin, IL.

Spectacular 19th century folk art original paint decorated stallion windmill weight. This weight maintaining it's original metal reins.

19THC ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE ORIGINAL PAINTED IRON WINDMILL WEIGHT ON A WOOD PLANK STAND. THIS WONDERFUL FOLKY HORSE HAS THE BEST PAINTED SURFACE THAT IS ORIGINAL AND NICE HONEST W...

19th century painted cast iron rooster windmill weight Rare antique windmill weight. Ample remains of original paint.

Late 19th century cast iron rooster windmill weight manufactured by the Elgin Wind Power and Pump Company of Elgin, Illinois.

Wonderful example of a late 19th century 'Barnacle Eye' rooster windmill weight manufactured by the Elgin Wind Power & Pump Co. of Elgin, IL.

Wonderful found object bobtail horse made of weathered cast iron, once a windmill weight from Maine, mounted on barn wood base to be a fabulous tabletop accessory.

This cast iron horse windmill weight is on a custom made cast iron stand.

Beautiful 19th C Horse windmill weight. Found in New England. Cast iron body with a nice stripped white paint patina.

Simpson states that this is the only known form of windmill weight with a distinct front and back. He also states that it may have been made by the J.

Original Flint & Walling Co. of Kendallville, IN double-sided round star windmill weight. Traces of original paint surface.

Two large Halladay #37 windmill weight stars made by U.S. Wind Engine and Pump Company c. 1880-1900's from Nebraska

Fantastic 19thc horse windmill weight in wonderful untouched surface .This horse has the finest patina we have ever seen on a windmill weight.The condition is mint and comes with a c...

WONDERFUL & FOLKY ORIGINAL PAINTED 19THC HORSE WINDMILL WEIGHT ON IRON STAND.WONDERFUL FORM AND GREAT CONDITION.

Cast iron ornament (formerly a windmill weight) as rooster on wooden base.

14K Yellow Gold Windmill Charm Beautiful 14K yellow gold windmill charm has wonderful detail along with the blades being able to move like a real windmill!

Iconic Fairbury bull windmill weight from Fairbury, Nebraska. This appears to be a more obscure and thicker version of this windmill weight.

White horse Victorian windmill weight. Cast iron by Dempster Mill, MFG Beatrice, Nebraska.  

19th century cast iron windmill weight painted horse Measures: 17.5" wide x 12" high at the tail x 16.5" high at the head This weathered antique windmill weight is in good cond...

This rooster form weight was for a 10 foot wheel and was used as a counter balance on the windmill weight.

A fine scarce example of a red painted iron short tail horse form windmill weight, American, dating to the late 19th century, manufactured by Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company of B...

1920s antique cast iron horse windmill weight from the Midwest. Still mounted on the original cast iron weight box cover.

1920s antique cast iron horse windmill weight from the Midwest still with it's original paint.

Heavy 1910s antique cast iron cow windmill counterbalance weight painted white. Mounted on the original base.

Heavy 1910s antique cast iron cow windmill counterbalance weight painted red. This may be the original paint as these were originally painted red so they could easily be seen against...

19Thc Original cast iron horse windmill weight with custom cast iron mount.This is made by the New York State forger .The iron mount is custom made.

A great looking cast iron windmill weight made in America early in the 20th century.

Cast iron windmill weight. Mounted on recent stand for table top use.

Elgin Co. Mogul rooster windmill weight. Intricately decorated three dimensional barnyard bird is the only hollow rooster form known.Tiny feathers stand out in stylized relief, and f...

Illustrated in Milt Simpson's "Windmill Weights", page 68.

Pictured in "Windmill Weights" by Milt Simpson in Associationn with the Museum of American Folk Art, 1985, page 53.

An incredible early 20th century cast iron windmill weight in the form of a squirrel.

Crescent moon iron windmill weight in cast iron, mounted on a black painted metal stand.

Circa 1900 cast iron windmill weight in the rainbow tail form showing remnants of old white paint, Elgin Wind Power & Pump Company origin

Circa 1900 cast iron windmill weight in the longtail horse form made by Dempster, on a double stepped brick base, in the best age cracked red and white paint, as found surface, condi...

Windmill weights were often given by the manufacturer as a gift to the farmer who purchased a windmill.

Circa 1900 cast iron raised five pointed star windmill weight, made by Flint and Walling Manufacturing Company, all in great and old age cracked white and red painted surface, new ta...

Cast iron windmill weight in the bull without the stamped 'Boss' form, all on the original base, as found black over red paint, Simpson Windmill & Machine Company, Fairbury NE, very ...

Windmills with iron counter weights on the tail were once common sights in the mid west.

I love this piece. In my not so humble opinion it holds it's own over a lot of contemporary sculpture. It is a concrete football, what could be better than that?...and was used as a ...

The cast iron heart wight would have been attached to the tail of a large farm windmill as a counterweight to balance the large propeller.

Flat iron bull windmill weight, probably Fairbury, Nebraska. mounted on pine. great original untouched dry surface