| A weather vane is a tool that is used to identify | | | | herons, pelicans, doves, quail, cows, white horses, |
| the direction of the wind. Weather vanes are | | | | bulls, foxes, pigs, golden retrievers, cats and mice, |
| usually found on top of buildings and in other open | | | | deer, moose, elks, dolphins, whales, bass, sailfish, |
| air places like gardens, lawns, barns, garages, and | | | | sailboats, mermaids, lighthouses, angels, pine trees, |
| more. There are three types of metal weather | | | | locomotives, planes, biplanes, low wing planes, |
| vanes: wrought iron, cast iron and steel. Wrought | | | | moons, suns, stars, arrows, banners, flags, |
| iron weather vanes are heavy weight, which | | | | golfers, firemen, lamplighters, handsaws, and |
| makes them very durable. They are very | | | | more. |
| functional and also look good. They can be | | | | Wrought iron weather vanes are also available in |
| mounted anywhere--in the garden, lawn, rooftops, | | | | several models such as deck or fence weather |
| and more. Often designed to look like antiques, | | | | vanes, lawn weather vanes, roof top weather |
| they can be used as garden décor rather | | | | vanes, table top weather vanes, and more. They |
| than just weather vanes on the roof. They are | | | | are also provided with the necessary accessories |
| generally given a black coated finish. | | | | and hardware like cupolas, mounting shafts, roof |
| Weather vanes or wind vanes are one of the | | | | mount bases, spindles, directionals, brackets, and |
| oldest tools used by man to measure wind | | | | stands. Modern copper wind vanes are also |
| direction. They have ornamented buildings for | | | | mounted with an anemometer, a device for |
| thousands of years. Wrought iron weather vanes | | | | measuring the speed of the wind. They may also |
| are just as popular as copper weather vanes for | | | | be connected to a remote reading station. Modern |
| their practicality as well as for their beauty. They | | | | weather vanes are rust free and maintenance |
| are available in several designs, such as simple | | | | free. Even today, weather vane artists are |
| arrows, shapes of animals, birds, humans, crests, | | | | enjoying the opportunity to create new kinds of |
| exotic figurines, or any combination of these. The | | | | wrought iron weather vane forms in addition to |
| most common shapes are roosters, Eagles, | | | | recreating more traditional antique ones. |
| attack Eagles, ascending geese, ducks, blue | | | | |