Copper Weather Vanes

52 Pages·1921·2.128 MB·English

by  J. W. Fiske Iron Works

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COPPER WEATHER VANES
Illustrated Catalogue
of
W. FISKE IRON WORKS
J.
ESTABLISHED
1858
NEW YORK

J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS 78 AND 80 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK
Foreword
WE
are generally recognized as the oldest and most
extensive manufacturers of weather vanes in the
United States. In our business career of sixty-three
years we have accumulated not only a great variety of stock
designs, some of which are illustrated in the following pages,
but also experience that enables us to prescribe the Fiske
standards as those that should be demanded by all purchasers
of weather vanes:
i . The basic metal should be sheet copper or brass
(not a combination of zinc and copper) and
mounted on brass tubing.
i. Vanes should be gilded with the finest gold leaf
so that they will remain bright and not corrode.
3 The letters and balls should be well gilded.
.
4. The spire (which is included in the price of each
Fiske vane) should be of wrought iron with a
hardened steel spindle for the vane to turn upon.
5 . Eagles should be full-bodied with double thick
wings.
6. Each vane should be a perfect indicator of the
wind.
The Fiske line of weather vanes has been unparalleled for a
long time and yet new and original designs are being added
constantly.
We execute orders for vanes of any special design with reason
able dispatch.
W. Fiske Iron Works
J.
Established 1858'
78 and 80 Park Place
New York City
Unlessotherwiseordered, all vanes manufactured by us
will be shipped by express
Xt.
J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS 78 AND 80 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK
SILHOUETTE VANES
No. 800. Ship Half Moon. Any size to order
Cut from heavy copper, mounted complete with letters and
ball as shown below; gilded with gold or left in copper to take
natural color. 36 inches long $100.00
No. 801. Poultry Vane. Any size to order
Cut from heavy copper, gilded with gold or left in copper to
take natural color. 48 inches long $75.00