1880s Fire Engine copper weathervane, Shelburne Museum, Vermont, USA.

This "Fire Engine" (1880-1895, by JW Fiske Company) copper weathervane once topped a firehouse in Manchester, New Hampshire. Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 38 buildings, 25 of which are historic (relocated from New England and New York). Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.

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This "Fire Engine" (1880-1895, by JW Fiske Company) copper weathervane once topped a firehouse in Manchester, New Hampshire. Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 38 buildings, 25 of which are historic (relocated from New England and New York). Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.