This is a wonderful old antique weathervane Circa 1900 that was made on Cape
Cod Massachusetts. It has a wonderful original mottled green finish on one
side and it looks like someone might have painted the other side black some
time ago. It was definitely hand cut out of either tin or sheet iron and the
arrow head and feathers are also hand cut out from tin or sheet iron. The way
the whole thing is put together is a tribute to the ingenuity of American Folk
Art. I was told that there was a guy who lived on the old side of the Cape
Circa 1900 who made weathervanes of ships, sailboats, dories, Model T cars and
an occassional rider on a horse. Although the metal is solid, the man on the
horse, although still attached to the weathervane, is a little fragile in the
attachment from years of use and just needs to be handled carefully. From time
to time one of his weathervanes appears at auction. It measures from the tip
of the heart arrow head to the tip of the feathers is 22". The rider and horse
are about 9" tall. The horse is about 9" from hoof to hoof. It is really a
wonderful piece of Folk Art and displays very nicely. A nice addition to any
fine American Folk Art collection.