- TWO AMERICAN CANADA GOOSE DECOYS. Mid
20th Century, balsa wood. Full sized, carved and painted in white, grey and black. Some paint loss and edge loss. 11"h 19.5"l....
[more like this] - HERTERS CROW DECOY Vintage Carved and
Painted Crow, on metal base, by Herters, Waseca, MN, with glass eyes, balsa wood body, 17" long from beak tip to tail. Paint losses....
[more like this] - SLEEPING BLUEBILL PAIRThe Ward Brothers
Lemuel
T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976)
Crisfield, MD, 1972
13 in. long
An exceedingly rare life-size pair of bluebill carvings in sleeping postures. The bottom of the carvings...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRJohn B. Winter (1905-1981)
Burlingame,
CA, c. 1945
16 in. long
Winter made waterfowl decoys for his hunting in the Sacramento Valley. Balsa-bodied decoys, such as this pair, were carved from decommissioned military...
[more like this] - PINTAIL PAIRLuigi Andreuccetti (1898-1978)
Vorden,
CA, 1948
17 1/2 in. long
In the "The Great Book of Waterfowl Decoys," the West Coast contributor Gerald Rosenthal introduces Andreuccetti as "the Sacramento stylist." In...
[more like this] - MALLARD DRAKEArt Jensen
Hayward, CA,
c. 1952
14 in. long
A distinctly Jensen mallard with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design in its balsa body. This drake is illustrated...
[more like this] - CINNAMON TEALArt Jensen
Hayward, CA,
c. 1950
12 in. long
A refined teal with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design. Jensen was a painter as well as a hunter and a decoy carver....
[more like this] - CANADA GOOSE DECOYS, 20TH C. PAIRTwo
large 20th century Canada goose decoys: The first a folk art carved and painted balsa wood goose decoy, early 20th century from Maine; the second a painted, canvas-wrapped...
[more like this] - FOLK ART CROW DECOY GROUPA murder of
three crows, carved wood painted black with glass eyes, situated on half-log stand. Each crow carved into soft balsa wood. Early 20th century piece of folk art. Each crow...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED LAMBERT MORRIS (NC, 1904-1969),
GOOSE Atlantic, North Carolina, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood, body is made of balsa salvaged from liberty ship life rafts from Second World War, published on page...
[more like this] - PAIR OF AMERICAN CANADA GEESE DECOYSPair
of American Canada Geese Decoys , 1940s, attr. to Herter's Co, MN, carved balsa, larger l. 18 1/2 in...
[more like this] - CARVED AND PAINTED BALSA DOVE DECOY,
EARLY/MID 20TCarved and painted balsa dove decoy, early/mid 20th c. , with glass eyes, metal beak and legs, 11" l.
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Condition:...
[more like this] - TWO CARVED AND PAINTED FLYING MALLARD
DUCK DECOYSTwo carved and painted flying mallard duck decoys, 20th c., having a balsa body, 21 1/2" wingspan, 15" l.
Condition:
Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs....
[more like this] - CARVED AND PAINTED BALSA WOOD SNOW GOOSE
DECOYHerters Co. carved and painted balsa wood snow goose decoy, 20th c., 20 1/2" l.
Condition:
Surface wear, dirt....
[more like this] - CARVED AND PAINTED CANADA GOOSE DECOYDiminutive
Ward Brothers (Crisfield, Maryland 1895-1976 and 1896-1984), carved and painted Canada goose decoy, with a balsa body and turned head, inscribed on underside Canada Goose...
[more like this] - Four Carved and Painted Wood Duck Decoys
Early
20th Century
including a pair of balsa wood mallards by Wildfowler Decoy Co.
Length of longest 15 1/4 inches.
Property from the Collection of Retta Park, Tucson, Arizona...
[more like this] - Carved and painted balsa Canada Goose
decoy l.t. ward brothers, 1948 Signed and inscribed on bottom, old working paint. L: 23 1/4 in. PROVENANCE: Ex. collection: Bobby Richardson. Property...
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