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Circa: 50's
Condition: as found. used. antique
Color: aged copper patina
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: unknown American crafted
Author: unknown
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Fantastic! Rare. Wonderful. Lifelike. Historic. A jewel from the past. These are just a few of the thoughts that came to mind as I sat down to write this description. Perhaps in the end it will be the pictures themselves that are able to fully and most fittingly describe this beautiful old copper weathervane figure of a full size Canadian Goose in flight. Long ago this bird began as two separate sheets of copper that were hand crafted and then carefully matched to one another and joined by tin solder to create this incredibly lifelike goose. Imagine how this majestic bird must have looked to a passer by, flying above the roof of some wonderful old house in 19th Century New England. Incredible.
The body of this large bird measures 29 inches from tip to tail and the distance from the top of the left wing down to where the body joins the mounting tube is 17 inches. Only copper was used to create this fine old weathervane goose and as the years rolled by, the copper naturally darkened with age as a gorgeous green-blue patina of verdigris also formed to blend beautifully with the deep brown copper of this great vane.
No matter how you choose to display this stunning antique goose; Inside or out, one thing is a certainty, this piece is nothing short of a work of art and deserves a chance to be appreciated, delighted in and most of all, displayed.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you my have about this wonderful antique goose, or ask to see a list of authentic, in stock lightning rod balls. We have a wide range of styles and colors available. We also offer vintage original directionals, lightning rods, rod stands and while they last, I still have a couple early 1900's tin finials that came off an old warehouse in Baltimore that would be a perfect base on which to mount this old goose. When it comes to antique and vintage architectural pieces, there is just no end to the treasures waiting to be discovered here at at Picker's Treasures.
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