Pointing the Way to Rustic Weather Vanes
Grasshopper weather vane, glass eyes, includes cast iron base, 24 by 25 1/2 in., $354.
Before instant weather reports and radar, farmers and others relied on weather vanes to indicate incoming weather. Weather vanes placed atop city and rural buildings (usually barns), have become desirable folk art pieces. A recent Copake auction in New York included 50 vintage weather vanes shaped like eagles, horses, dogs, roosters, bees, grasshoppers, cows, goats, […]