Today's weather vane was found just over the border in Vermont. Have fun guessing where you may have seen this weather vane.
Do you know the location of weather vane #144? Scroll down to see the answer....
Today's weather vane can be found at the Stage Coach Inn Gallery at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. If this weather vane looks familiar, it is very similar to weather vane #114 posted here last year. This antique weather vane is attributed to a copper merchant from Wayland, Massachusetts. This wood and metal weather vane shows signs of once being highly polished, especially the mirror in the mermaid's hand. Mythical creatures such as mermaids, centaurs and dragons can be found on weather vanes, but they are not as common as the more familiar barnyard animals and birds of prey.
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The Shelburne Museum - www.shelburnemuseum.org
Click here to see weather vane #114, a similar mermaid photographed in Rye, New Hampshire, and posted on 11 September 2013:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/09/weathervane-wednesday-seen-by-beach.html
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Copyright 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Today's weather vane can be found at the Stage Coach Inn Gallery at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. If this weather vane looks familiar, it is very similar to weather vane #114 posted here last year. This antique weather vane is attributed to a copper merchant from Wayland, Massachusetts. This wood and metal weather vane shows signs of once being highly polished, especially the mirror in the mermaid's hand. Mythical creatures such as mermaids, centaurs and dragons can be found on weather vanes, but they are not as common as the more familiar barnyard animals and birds of prey.
Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!
The Shelburne Museum - www.shelburnemuseum.org
Click here to see weather vane #114, a similar mermaid photographed in Rye, New Hampshire, and posted on 11 September 2013:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/09/weathervane-wednesday-seen-by-beach.html
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Copyright 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Thanks for posting these beautiful Mermaid Weathervane photos. The details are amazing. We live in California but, thanks to the internet, have followed your postings off and on since you started. We have far fewer weathervanes here on the west coast than you do on the east coast; although we are doing our best to remedy that situation. Hopefully, someday there will be enough vanes in our area for someone to do a column similar to yours. Keep up the good work! LizAnne Jensen, Owner, West Coast Weather Vanes.
ReplyDeleteThanks LizAnne! It's nice to hear from a weather vane fan!
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