Cast metal dyes in which thin sheets of copper were pounded to create the various forms used for weather vanes. The running horse was a popular motif. Courtesy of Shelburne Village
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Picture courtesy of Shelburne Village
Broadside advertising copper weather vanes. Parker and Gannett were located at 49 North Market Street, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1872 to 1883. These fascinating objects are riding a high wave of popularity today. Courtesy Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Museum of Folk Art.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. In using the photograph please credit Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia.