- STYLIZED FLOWER BUTTER PRINT CA. 1800-1840;single
piece lathe turned cherry wood round print with tall falt top stove pipe/Lincoln hat handle, central star with radiant cross stems to create quadrants, deep carved abstract/stylized...
[more like this] - OVERSIZE SPEAR-RIG BLACK DUCKJoseph
W. Lincoln (1859-1938)
Accord, MA, c. 1910
22 in. long
“Lincoln was a laconic man, a consummate Yankee craftsman whose solid-bodied decoys are reflections of their maker’s...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL MERGANSERFred M. Nichols
(1854-1924)
Lynn, MA, c. 1890
17 in. long
Ongoing research has identified this decoy and its two rigmates as the work of Massachusetts master carver Fred Nichols. This hollow...
[more like this] - THE SAFFORD SLEEPING GOOSECharles A.
Safford (1877-1957)
Newburyport, MA, c. 1920
24 ½ in. long
“It leaps into the pantheon of the greatest American goose decoys ever made, sculpture and function in perfect...
[more like this] - RED-BREASTED MERGANSERMarblehead, MA,
c. 1860
15 in. long
A pert sheldrake with refined articulation and stylish paint. The uplifted head retains its thin original crest. The body has a pinched breast, defined...
[more like this] - RARE AND EARLY TUCKED-HEAD BLACK DUCKFerdinand
Bach (1888-1967)
Detroit, MI, c. 1926
19 in. long
This decoy and its rigmate, lot 457, represent half of the known black ducks by Bach. These rare and highly distinct birds...
[more like this] - RARE AND EARLY SLEEPING BLACK DUCKFerdinand
Bach (1888-1967)
Detroit, MI, c. 1926
16 in. long
This decoy and its rigmate, lot 458, represent half of the known black ducks by Bach. These rare and highly distinct birds...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathan
F. Cobb Jr. (1825-1905)
Cobb Island, VA, c. 1880
15 1/2 in. long
“Every Nathan Cobb decoy had its own natural pose. Even his Hudsonian Curlews…seemed to run, feed, and...
[more like this] - American Folk Art Carved Lincoln Head
'Don't Tread on Me' Elm Walking Stick, mid 19th century with the president's head as grip, the shaft naturally entwined by a branch interpreted as a serpent with carved flicking...
[more like this] - LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON CDVS, EPHEMERA7
presidential related Cartes de visite along with George Washington Ephemera. 1st item: Rare CDV of Mary Todd Lincoln, standing in a black dress and holding a fan, published...
[more like this] - A Carved Pine Head of Abraham Lincoln
Late
19th/Early 20th Century
the underside with carved initials LAR.
Height 8 inches.
Property from the Estate of Patricia Ann Black Smyth, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sold to Benefit...
[more like this] - Three carved smoking pipes, Algerian
Briar France carved pipe of Lincoln; together with two Black Forest carved bull head examples.
Lincoln: 6.75"l x 2"w
Bulls: approx 7"
Condition: Some losses, wear consistent...
[more like this] - Private Dexter Butterfield 2nd Massachusetts
Volunteers Civil War Archive The lot includes the following: 3 diaries; 9 documents; sergeant's promotion paper; presentation bible given to Butterfield by comrade MWIA Chancellorsville;...
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