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19th Century Folky Iron Rooster Weather Vane on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic folky rooster is mounted on a custom-made iron stand. This sheet iron rooster is in good condition and has a nice even mellow patina. He was found in the Midwest at a ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
American Copper and Zinc Head Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Charleston, SC
American copper full bodied "Gamecock Rooster" weather vane with zinc head, spurred legs, and perched on circular sphere with iron mount . Attributed to Cushing and White, Waltham, ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Tin Rooster
Located in Surrey, BC
Pressed tin rooster in original paint. Rare form two piece conical form Untouched on stand from Montreal
Category
19th Century Canadian Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Tin
$1,295
Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Surrey, BC
Pressed tin rooster weather vane with traces of original paint . Feathers embossed on side with bottom wind catcher.
Category
19th Century Canadian Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Tin
$1,295
18th Century French Revolution Copper Rooster Weather Vane on Walnut Base
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late 18th century copper rooster weather vane, now mounted on a walnut base, was originally at the top of a French church. As a symbol of the French Revolution, the churches in ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Vintage Painted Wood Row Boat Motion Whirligig
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The blowing wind turns the front propeller which rocks the rowboat while a fish at the end of the fishing rod along the bow of the boat bobs up and down. Good form, color and condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Country Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
Weather Vane
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A rare late 17th century iron and copper weather vane with gilded letters and the pointer with a windy tail.
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron, Copper
$8,500
19thc Original Black
White Painted Iron Windmill Weightw/stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WONDERFUL & FOLKY ORIGINAL PAINTED 19THC HORSE WINDMILL WEIGHT ON IRON STAND.WONDERFUL FORM AND GREAT CONDITION.
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
19th C Cast Iron Horse Wind Mill Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Cast iron horse wind mill weight with a cast iron mount. This is more then likely a Rochester Iron Works.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Original Painted Folky Cats Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century original worn painted folky cat weather vane on custom made iron mount. This vane has fragments of black worn.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
French Pottery Roof Finial Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery roof finial signed Bavent Normandy in four parts.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Pottery
Fantastic Diminutive 19thc Rare Eagle Full Body Weather Vane on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing small-scale rare 19th century eagle weather vane sits on top of the unusual arrow in a verdigris copper patina. The nose is in zinc and so is the tip of the arrow. This ...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19th Century Eagle Weather Vane in Old Surface
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century original gilded full body eagle weather vane from New England is in amazing old surface and mounted on a custom made iron base. The left wing has a minor dent or be...
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
1920s Jack O-Lantern on Witches Broom Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920s sheet iron weather vane of a jack- o - lantern on a witches broom weather vane. This iron vane has a wonderful aged patina. This weather vane was found in the mid-west.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Full Body Eagle Weather Vane Fragment
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This late 19th Century eagle weather vane with signs of the original gilding is probably with from New England.
Custom made Lucite base is in production.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
LORD CHEIF JUSTiCE GEORGE JEFFREYS 1645-1689 1ST BARON ATTRIBUTED WEATHER VANE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare and highly collectable 17th century weather vane which by repute came from Lord Chief Justic...
Category
17th Century Charles II Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wrought Iron
ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN VERDIGRIS GREEN CANADIAN GOOSE COPPER WEATHER VANE CIRCA 1880
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning antique Victorian Canadian Goose Verdigris green Copper weather vane beautifully mounted for i...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Hand Hammered Copper Wind Vane in Form of Sturgeon
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Hand hammered copper wind vane in the form of a sturgeon.
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Early 19th Century New England Mounted Iron Arrow Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very heavy hand made iron 19thc arrow weather vane was found in Vermont and most likely from the roof top of a large barn or church. This early vane has a wonderful worn, aged p...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
19thc Original White Painted Amish Horse Sheet Iron Weather vane on Iron Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc original white painted sheet iron weather vane on custom made black iron mount.The original surface is undisturbed .
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Swedish iron Dragon weather-vane on stand dated 1824
Located in New York, NY
Swedish iron dragon weather-vane on stand. The letter "I F T" and the date "1824" are cut out of the metal. Mounting system for roof (in red) is original, stand is contemporary.
...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
19th Century Copper Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. copper rooster weather vane from Arkansas. Natural weathered patina
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19thc Folky Chicken Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original painted full body folky chicken weather vane is painted a taupe painted surface and in good condition. It is mounted on a cast iron custom made base.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Metal, Copper
19th Century American Copper Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful copper horse weather vane from the 1880's, Tennessee, on contemporary iron base. Wonderful patina.
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Iron
19th Century American Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
#43-157
19th c. aluminum cow weather vane on contemporary handwrought iron base. Great patina.
19th c. aluminum cow weather vane on contemporary handwrought iron base. Great patina.
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Antique American Weather Vane and Cupola
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American weather vane and cupola
AAM001.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century English Patinated Copper Rooster Weather Vane on Walnut Base
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in France, this early 20th century patinated copper weather vane features a rooster perched on top of an arrow. Below are arms with the letters NESW indicating the cardinal dir...
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19th Century French Primitive Iron Rooster
Located in New York, NY
Mounted on a lucite plinth base. Incised "1819."
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
19th Century Painted Cast Iron Rooster Windmill Weight
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century painted cast iron rooster windmill weight
Rare antique windmill weight. Ample remains of original paint.
Dimensions 15" wide x 4.5" deep x 15.5" high.
Good dist...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
c. 1890 A20 Rooster Windmill Weight
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A wonderful A 20 Rooster windmill weight manufactured by Elgin Wind Power & Pump Co. of Elgin, IL. Elaborate cast iron body with striking detail, an amazing patina, and traces of the...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
19th Century Eagle Weather by A. L. Jewell
Company
By A.L. Jewell
Located in Nantucket, MA
Spread wing eagle in flattened full-body form perched on a ball. Molded copper with cast zinc head and talons. Verdigris weathered surface throughout, mounted on a rectangular iron b...
Category
Mid-19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Zinc
19th C Original Surface Rooster Weather Vane from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing patinated rooster weather vane is in fantastic as found condition. Was found in New England and is in undisturbed surface. It is on a aged plank of wood as found from th...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19th Century Copper Eagle Weather Vane, Likely by Jewell, circa 1860
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century copper Eagle weather vane, likely by A.L. Jewell & Co., Waltham, MA, circa 1860, a diminutive cast and welded copper hollow eagle weather vane in a unique posture with w...
Category
1860s American Federal Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Whirligig Policeman Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk art whirligig figure
We are proud to offer a true example of an early 20th century whirligig figure. Hand carved from pine with some lovely naïve detail. A w...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Massachusetts Full-Bodied Setter Weather Vane with All Original Elements
Located in Stamford, CT
A Massachusetts weather vane of a full-bodied setter having all original elements. The three-dimensional weather vane was product, circa 1880 and has its original 22-karat gold gilt ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Antique Trotting Horse Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique trotting horse weather vane molded in zink coated tin. Contemporary hand wrought iron base.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Antique American Horse Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique cast aluminum and copper horse weather vane on contemporary hand wrought iron base
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Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Aluminum, Copper, Iron
19th Horse Weather Vanes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of small running horses in molded tin - one has a bullet hole. The large one is molded copper with great patina, from West Tennessee.
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Tin
$4,315
RARE OVERSIZED EAGLE ON GLOBE IN SOLID BRASS/THE TOP FLAG POLE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THIS FOLKY RARITY IS MOUNTED ON A IRON STAND.THIS LARGE OVER SIZED EAGLE SITS ON A BALL,WHICH IS THE EARTH.THIS IS SOLID BRASS AND SITS ON A CUSTOM MADE IRON MOUNT.THIS IS FROM THE T...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Brass
RARE 19THC LIGHTING ROD/ SPHERE W/ORIGINAL GILDED SURFACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC ORIGINAL GILDING OVER A COPPER BALL BASE W/A COPPER ROD ATTACHED. THIS GREAT FOLK ART SPHERE IS THE LARGEST EVER KNOWN. IT PROBABLY CAME OFF A LARGE BARN OR BUILDING IN NEW ENG...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century Folk Art Automaton Blacksmith Mechanical Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Automaton Blacksmith Mechanical Figure
A charming and well-crafted example of an early 20th Century folk art mechanical blacksmith automaton figure. Stoo...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
American Copper Full Bodied Horse Weather Vane with Directional on Stand, C 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
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...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Painted Provencal Zinc Rooster on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted Provencal Zinc Rooster on Stand circa 1850
One of a kind antique. Please take a look at our website for
additional items www.jadamsantiques.com
One of a kind antique. Please take a look at our website for
additional items www.jadamsantiques.com
Category
19th Century French Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Zinc
19th Century Monumental Full Body Eagle Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century monumental full body copper eagle weather vane in good condition. The patina surface is really great the base has the original Directional siting on a large painted pede...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19th Century French Patinated Tole Rooster Weather Vane with the Cardinal Points
Located in Cheshire, GB
The traditional weather vane features a Classic swivel French rooster standing on an arrow; below, the four points of the compass which swivel according to wind direction.
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
19th Century Iron Horse Windmill Weight
Located in Manhasset, NY
Spectacular 19th century folk art original paint decorated stallion windmill weight. This weight maintaining it's original metal reins. Dated 1890. Appears to have initial "R" above ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Iron
American Folk-Art Finial with Dove
Located in Doylestown, PA
An American folk-art tin rooftop finial with a dove on top, circa 1900 or earlier, rusted finish.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Tin
Vintage Belgian Cockerel Weather Vane
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Vintage Belgian cockerel metal weather vane - Noorden, West, Oost and Zuid.
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Metal
American Full Bodied Copper Eagle Directional Weather Vane, Circa 1883
By L. W. Cushing
Sons
Located in Charleston, SC
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...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Bronze Horse Epi de Faitage or Roof Finial
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Epi de faitage or finial by repute from one of the grandest equestrian houses stable blocks in Deauville, France. Clean and crisp casting with an extraordinary movement through the p...
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Bronze
19Thc Full Body Original Painted Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original painted full body rooster weather vane.This zinc vane is in great condition and comes with a custom made wood base.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Zinc
Early Folk Art Whirligig- Articulated Worker Sawing Wood
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a wonderful mechanical Folk Art piece. It's impressive display at over 3 foot long. I has nice faded colors and a primitive raw wood rudder. The museum stand is included.
Fo...
Category
19th Century American Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
Nantucket Sperm Whale Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Sperm Whale Weather Vane Whirligig, having slender hand-whittled flukes with great graceful curve, and carved teeth. The flukes are free to spin with the wind. Note there i...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
American 19th Century Large Whirligig
Located in Culver City, CA
American 19th century large whirligig.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
American 19th Century Large Whirligig
Located in Culver City, CA
American 19th century large whirligig.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood
"Dewey Boy" Sailor Whirligig, Nantucket, circa 1890s
By William Chase
Located in Incline Village, NV
American 19th century Folk Art whirligig is hand-carved and painted, probably pine, in excellent original paint, which is obvious by noticeable period crazing. Sailor boy (lacking ha...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Weather Vane Ship, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Folk Art English copper and metal weather vane ship, circa 1880
This lot is a wonderful example of a genuine late 19th century copper and metal mounted weather vane tip in the sha...
Category
1880s European Folk Art Antique Weathervanes
Materials
Metal
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Antique Weathervanes For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique weathervanes for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique weathervanes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, copper and iron. Antique weathervanes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Folk Art, Neoclassical and Victorian antique weathervanes are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique weathervanes over the years, but those made by J.W. Fiske
Company, Harris
Co. and Bavent are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Weathervanes?
Antique weathervanes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,200, while the lowest priced sells for $256 and the highest can go for as much as $185,000.
Finding the Right Weathervanes for You
Whether it’s mounted on a mantel or hung flat against a wall in the living room or entryway, antique and vintage weathervanes can prove a striking decorative touch in your home.
Weathervanes are instruments that indicate wind direction. They are also referred to as wind vanes, wind gauges or weathercocks, but regardless of what we call them, most weathervanes will perform in the same way.
Weathervanes typically consist of a gravity-centered rotating horizontal arrow or other structure that is mounted on a stationary vertical axis. When the wind blows, the horizontal piece moves freely, rotating to indicate the wind’s direction as well as its speed. Andronicus, a Greek astronomer, crafted one of the earliest iterations of the weathervane in approximately 48 B.C. His bronze design featured the head and torso of a man but the tail of a fish. Later, weathervanes could be seen atop church steeples and towers throughout Europe. The oldest weathervane is Italian in origin and assumes the silhouette of a rooster. It is a copper weathervane, said to have originated between 820 and 830 A.D. and can be found in the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia, Italy.
Today, antique and vintage weathervanes are collectible sculptural works in any interior. They are celebrated for their place in the rich tradition of American folk art as well as their technological innovation.
Over the course of the 19th century, as the popularity of and demand for weathervanes broadened in the United States, blacksmiths, farmers and other tradesmen created weathervanes in the forms of cows, horses and other animals for barns in rural farmland. Commercial manufacturers in major cities took to producing all manner of weathervanes that were marketed in mail-order catalogs of the era.
When decorating with weathervanes, if you’ve decided against mounting your cast-iron painted horse weathervane on your mantel to complement your farmhouse-style decor, there are other options. You could repurpose your vintage weathervane as a provocative lighting fixture and hang it above your dining-room table, or dot the walls of your mudroom with weathervanes where they might double as racks for coats or other outerwear. Create a gallery-style hang as a focal point in your living room, grouping weathervanes that share a single theme or material. Because weathervanes have taken on many forms over the years, you’re likely to find a style that best fits your personality.
If positioned outdoors, a painted or varnished wood weathervane will resist harsh weather conditions, while copper weathervanes will resist erosion and usually come at an affordable price.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage weathervanes and other folk art today.
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