Cockerel Weathervane, French

Artist unkown

1800-1850

Zinc and iron

Height: 60 cm

One of the earliest and most enduring of weathervane shapes, the cockerel is symbolic of St. Peter’s betrayal of Jesus ‘before the cock crowed’. While most British cockerel weathervanes of the 19^th century have just one leg; their French equivalents usually display two; thus this example is probably French.