Unicorn Weathervane

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Fourth Quarter 18th Century

Sheet iron with original paint history

Ht. 21 1/4" (49" with rod), W. 21 1/4"

Provenance: By oral tradition, the vane once sat atop the Dickenson Family Store in Quarryville, PA, four miles from the town of Unicorn; Willowdale Antiques; Private Collection

Literature: :1988 HUP Antiques Show, catalogue “Courting the Winds,” pg. 83.



Weathervanes of this early period are very scarce, and we know of no other example depicting a unicorn.  According to a local historian, there was a blacksmith shop in the small

town of Unicorn.