International studio (80.1925)

mceRHACionAL

Washington Irving and placed
on his house "Sunnyside." On
the old Dutch church in Sleepy
Hollow, near Tarrytown, was
a vane made from a sheet of
metal, scalloped along the
upper and lower sides, in which
were cut the initials "V. F.,"
which are believed to refer to
Vredryck Flypen (Frederick
Philips), according to a tablet
placed in front of the church
in 1699.

Pennsylvania has a number
of interesting old vanes which
show very artistic ironwork.
These are quite out of the
ordinary in design, especially
that belonging to Christ
Church, the oldest Episcopal
church in Philadelphia, which
is especially appropriate for its
location. The section of the
vane on one side of the upright
rod on which it turns is made
of a thin horizontal sheet of
metal with a scrolled forked
end, reinforced on both sides
and edges with thin bands.
The other end is in the form of
an arrowhead with two curved
offshoots, like a fleur-de-lis

issuing from an oblong figure
with two large holes. The two
sections are held together by
rings and loops through which
the rod is passed. Over the
vane was placed a bishop's
mitre 64 cm. high with a diam-
eter of 38 cm. Along each side
and at the peak are round
studs, while seven six-pointed
stars surround an inscription
at the center which reads:

William White D.D.

consee'd 1st Bishop of the

Epis. Church of Pcnnsy.

Feb. 4" 1787-
Beneath the vane are four
small balls at the ends of two
crossbars, the base being a
large ball which attached it to
the steeple.

The vane belonging to
Graeme Park, the residence of
Governor Keith, near Phila-
delphia, is much older but less
ornamental, the decoration
being confined to scroll orna-
ments on the rod.

iron weathervanes, one dated
1682, the other i7ii, from north

church, danvers
Reproduced by courtesy oj Essex Institute,
Salem, Mass.

march 1925 /our fijty-tbree