This Dwarf Nigerian Goat Weathervane was ordered as a birthday present for a woman who has a small Nigerian goat farm and breeds show goats. As you can imagine, a weather vane demarcating a prize show goat farm needs to be exceedingly accurate! Here’s what the husband said as he was placing the order:

“The weathervane animal she is quite careful about because she breeds show goats and I have attached the ideal breed standard and because they are milk goats the udder and back legs are one of the big key aspects.  The uphill confirmation in the goats stance to the neck is also distinctive.  Hopefully your artisans can recreate something like this!”

Happily, working together, we got it just right. The weather vane is now topping the barn’s cupola and impressing those knowledgeable of the breed. Historically, after metals became accessible to the working classes, weathervanes were first employed to identify businesses and the items of their trade in times where a written sign was not helpful in a largely illiterate populace.

The style of this weathervane is swell bodied, and the metal is copper. The goat has blue glass eyes. Our incredible artisans take on fabricating challenges with enthusiasm. In this case the real challenge of creating a smooth and shaped body seems simple but requires great skill. Because this weather vane will be located on an ocean bluff an optional Security Device was a selected. The copper of this vane will weather and patina in interesting ways in the seaside atmosphere.

‘Lucky Pennies’ were chosen by the family, wished on, and then sent to us to be attached inside the goat’s body. The penny from the year of completion (and the birthday) caps the arrow and fletching and the farm’s name is inscribed on the horizontal tube.

Weather Vanes are really great gifts. They are a lasting visual remembrance of the day, the giver, and the mutual appreciation.