Hammered Weathervanes

American Copper full bodied running horse weather vane with original central supporting wrought iron rod, rotating zinc directional, copper spheres, and resting on hand made iron sta...

Unusually large full-bodied copper codfish, molded sheet copper fins with soldering, and a iron barbel. Original gold leaf surface, with minor dents and surface wear, showing some ve...

Austrian-German hand crafted iron weather-vane with the eagle emblem. The eagle sits and rotates on a later 19th century black painted wooden stand.

Danish early 19th century iron weather-vane with rose finial, dated 1821.

American copper egret weathervane with a zinc directional, double copper sphere's, and mounted on squared iron stand. Late 19th century

Outstanding example of a turn of the century gilded copper weathervane of an eagle with outstretched wings, sitting atop a ball; more than likely manufactured by the Puritan Ironwork...

A rare Folk Art three-dimensional bodied church weather vane of molded and hammered copper and brass This large weathervane shows beautiful weathered...

Listed is a rare and outstanding full bodied J. W. Fiske copper and zinc horse and jockey weathervane. It is in excellent all original condition with an extraordinary amount of the original gold leaf intact; highly unusual to find in this state of preservation due to inclement weather exposure to which they were subjected. The jockey is zinc and has been hand-painted, as is the head of the horse, whereas, the rest of the weathervane has clear evidence of high gold karat application with the majority of it still in place. An identical example of the stallion can be seen on page 77 of "The Gallery of American Weathervanes" by Bishop and Coblentz written in 1981. That example is also copper with a cast zinc jockey and horse head. Subject matter of horse and jockey symbolizes the popularity of horse racing, steeplechase, and harness racing during the late 19th century which is further illustrated in several Currier and Ive's lithographs of the same period. The manufacturer of this weathervane, the J.W. Fiske & Co., was established in New York City in 1863 by Joseph Winn Fiske. In addition to weathervanes, they were premier makers of upscale decorative iron works for gardens. Many of their weathervanes and products were custom-made to order. A Fiske weathervane...

Late 19th century horse weathervane, influenced, undoubtedly, by the real life horse named "Ethan Allen"; a popular horse made famous by his successes as a mid-19th century harness racer and sired by an equally famous stallion by the name of "Black Hawk." Their images were immortalized by Currier and Ive...

American full bodied copper weather vane with eagle perched on globe, pointer, directional, and resting on wrought iron rectangular stand, Late 19th Century. Attributed to L.W. Cushi...