GREENS Fine Art Designs in Copperspecialist weathervane producers
 
Diana and Hound Weathervane
Greens Weathervanes
The Gallery
Woodfield Farmhouse
Tyberton, Madley
Hereford, England
01981-500-584

choose an "idealized" athletic human form inspire by classical sculpture or mythology. Designs can include symbolic detail or have a modern twist like the famous rugby-themed weathervane at Twickenham (Hermes) e.g. ACHILLES, ATLAS & GLOBE , POSIEDON & TRIDENT, LEDA & THE SWAN, ZUES & THUNDERBOLT ETC.

as a Ornate Weathervane: this is an ornate design, however the "idealized" form has less realistic, fine detail, with the effect of being stylized.
Dimensions
length in inches unless otherwise stated
Price
all gilding at additional cost
 
STANDARD
LARGE
STANDARD
LARGE
STYLIZED FIGURE (alone)
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~32
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£3400
FIGURE WITH HOUND
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29
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£5000
STYLIZED HOUND (alone)
27
31
£2300
£2800
   price includes the weathervane, cardinal letters (N E S & W), stainless steel shaft, and our standard roof bracket.
Pictured above is a custom repousse copper weathervane which was designed to function only as a sculpture. It is currently on display without its cardinal letters.
The design is a study of Paul Manship's 1925 sculpture "Diana", but inspired by Augustus Saint-Gaudens 18 ft. tall weathervane which topped Madison Square Gardens. For aesthetic reasons the veil of cloth, necessary for downwind surface area was left off the design. This swirl of fabric can be seen in Manship's original. Saint-Gaudens similarly used a fabric motif to create the necessary additional surface area, in order that the weathervane function.
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CUSTOM WEATHERVANE OF DIANA THE HUNTRESS
Specifications
height (not including bow)~ 29" (740mm)
height with cardinal letters~ 38" (970mm)
length~ 29" (740mm)

 

 

 

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These are the Archive Pages for Greens Weathervanes. Images featured here are a selection of past works, many of which were one-of-a-kind commissions. Clients wishing to repeat a design may need to allow for alterations to the design, to protect the unique character of the original.

 

 

point of interest:
In 1891 American sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens designed an 18 ft. tall weathervane of the goddess Diana to top Stanford White's original Madison Square Garden. This collosal gilt weathervane was fabricated in Ohio, by W.H. Mullins Manufacturing Company, from sheet copper. At the time the weathervane, known as "Diana of the tower", was the highest point in Manhattan, her head rising 347 feet above the street. However in 1892 this controversially nude figure, considered proportionately too large for the building (by both the architect and the sculptor), was replaced by a smaller version, measuring 13 ft. tall.

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