- EXEMPLARY DOWITCHERA. Elmer Crowell
(1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1910
12 1/2 in. long
A rare and important working Crowell dowitcher decoy displaying glass eyes, richly painted detail, and split-tail carving...
[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] - THE O'BRIEN CHAMBERS WOOD DUCKThomas
Chambers (1860-1948)
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, c. 1900
15 in. long
“There are few, if any, areas in North America which provide such accessible hunting for such a large...
[more like this] - EXCEEDINGLY RARE ESKIMO CURLEWJoseph
W. Lincoln (1859-1938)
Accord, MA, c. 1890
12 3/4 in. long
Donal C. O'Brien Jr. discovered this plump decoy and its only two related rigmates on the Island of Nantucket in...
[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] - 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] - GROUP OF THREE NANTUCKET AMERICAN FOLK
ART WHIRLIGIGSGroup of Three Nantucket American Folk Art Whirligigs , carved and painted, depicting Lincoln Ceeley style sailor boy, a sailor rowing in a dory, and a sperm...
[more like this] - JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY(American, 1823-1900)
Autumn
Landscape with Cattle, 1879, signed lower right "J.F. Cropsey 1879", oil on canvas, 22-1/2 x 39 in.; reproduction carved gilt wood frame, 29-3/4 x 47 in., Provenance: The...
[more like this] - JOSEPH WHITING LINCOLN CANADA GOOSE
DECOY(Massachusetts, 1859-1938)
Accord, Massachusetts, circa 1922, carved and painted wood goose with glass eyes, 12 x 9 x 24 in.
Note: Inscribed accession number "1969.1.11"...
[more like this] - AMERICAN CARVED WALNUT LINCOLN ROCKERAmerican
Carved Walnut Lincoln Rocker , 19th c., pierced foliate crest, shaped back, padded arms, scrolled foliate supports, h. 39 1/2 in., w. 24 in., d. 34 3/4 in...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
POTTERY, WEDDING VASE, HARRISON BEGAY JR. AND MARIE, 1980. 9 1/2"H X 6 1/4"W X 5 1/2"DNative American, Santa Clara Pueblo pottery, wedding vase, Harrison Begay Jr. and Marie,...
[more like this] - American Rococo Revival Hardwood "Lincoln"
Rocker, third quarter 19th century, the carved crest featuring a cluster of grapes above the padded back, the pierced arms joining the downswept legs, mounted to rockers,...
[more like this] - American Rococo Revival Walnut "Lincoln"
Rocker, third quarter 19th century, the back crest with carved fruit, the arms pierced and carved, the seat, back and armrests padded, h. 38-1/2"....
[more like this] - An American Carved Oak "House of Representatives"
Armchair c. 1857 stamped "Bembe & Kimbel New York" after a design by Thomas Ustick Walter shield and oak leaf crest leaf-carved stiles padded scrolled arms guilloche-carved...
[more like this] - Abraham Lincoln Hand-Carved Cane 36
in. ln. ferrule 1 in.; textured wooden handle with partial applied bone detail at each end; with Abraham Lincoln's bust in relief below handle plus a high relief carving of...
[more like this] - American carving of Abraham Lincoln
in a horse drawn carriage late 19th/early 20th c. with a black livery man with leather reigns ... ?...
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