Bubblecar said:

esselte said:

TIL of the Gresham Grasshopper at the Royal Exchange in London

The golden Gresham Grasshopper is the Royal Exchange’s weathervane and was the crest of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. According to legend, a grasshopper’s chirps once led to the discovery of a foundling, who became the first of the house of Gresham and the ancestor of Sir Thomas Gresham. The Grasshopper weathervane was rescued from the 1838 fire and is 11 feet (3.4 m) long. It stands 177 feet (54 m) above street level on a clock tower which has a clock by Edward John Dent.

It’s nicely made.

What a pleasant oddity