American Antique Weather Vanes. A. B. & W. T. Westervelt

      

      A.B. & W.T. Westervelt

      American Antique

      WEATHER VANES

      The Complete Illustrated Westervelt Catalog of 1883

      Dover Publications, Inc., New York

      Publisher’s Note

      Traditional bearers of heraldic and church insignias atop the castles and cathedrals of medieval Europe, weather vanes have been popular additions to American buildings beginning with handcrafted weathercocks in Colonial times. In the late nineteenth century, the growing power, wealth and adventurous spirit of a youthful America were reflected in the stately rooftop spires that served as trade signs, good luck emblems, decorative status symbols and, of course, indicators of wind direction. In this important 1883 mail-order catalog, A. B. and W. T. Westervelt, manufacturers of varied metal goods, advertised their offering of over 550 copper vanes and finials. The prices listed here are no longer valid, but antique collectors, historians and craftsmen will make good use of these engravings of the bannerets, ships, bulls and racing horses that crowned American buildings in the Victorian era. (The last two pages in the present edition are the original front and back of the paper cover of the catalog; the page facing this one reproduces the original title page.)

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      This Dover edition, first published in 1982, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by A. B. & W. T. Westervelt in 1883. The Publisher’s Note is new in the present edition.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

      A. B. & W. T. Westervelt.

      American antique weather vanes.

      Reprint. Originally published: Illustrated catalogue and price list of copper weather vanes, bannerets, and finials, manufactured by A. B. & W. T. Westervelt. New York: Westervelt, 1883.

      “No. 6.”

      1. Weather vanes—United States—History—19th century—Catalogs. I. Title.

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      ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE

      AND

      PRICE LIST

      OF

      COPPER WEATHER VANES, BANNERETS AND FINIALS,

      MANUFACTURED BY

      A. B. & W. T. WESTERVELT,

      OFFICE AND WAREROOMS:

      102 CHAMBERS STREET,

      Corner Church Street,

      NEW YORK,

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by A. B. & W. T. Westervelt,. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.