- 2 WOODEN SHORE BIRD CARVINGS CA. 20TH
CENTURY;two unsigned bird carvings, each polychrome decorated: one attributed to Mass. Circa 1910 plover decoy carved of cedar wood with original polychrome painted body and...
[more like this] - PAIR OF CARVED AND PAINTED SHOREBIRD
DECOYSPair of carved and painted Black-bellied Plover shorebird decoys, ca. 1900 , attributed to Mason Decoy Factory, with tack eyes and iron beaks, 10 1/2" l. Provenance:...
[more like this] - GOLDEN PLOVER WITH RAISED WINGSCape
Cod, MA, c. 1870
10 in. long
An early well-carved decoy.
Old gunning paint with moderate gunning wear.
Provenance: Found in a Wellfleet home in the 1920s...
[more like this] - 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] - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERA. Elmer Crowell
(1862-1952)
East Harwich, MA, c. 1915
9 1/4 in. long
An early split-tail gunning decoy of this popular species.
Original paint with even wear, a few rubs to bare wood along...
[more like this] - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERJohn McAnney (1866-1949)
New
Gretna, NJ, c. 1910
11 in. long
A plump plover decoy with pronounced head carving.
Original paint with moderate gunning wear and filled chip to underside of bill.
Provenance:...
[more like this] - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERDaniel Lake Leeds
(1852-1922)
Pleasantville, NJ, c. 1890
9 1/2 in. long
Describing a rigmate and its maker in "Classic Shorebird Decoys: A Portfolio of Paintings," William J. Mackey Jr. writes,...
[more like this] - EARLY HOLLOW GOLDEN PLOVER WITH RAISED
WING TIPSFolger Family
Nantucket, MA, c. 1840
9 in. long
“To me,” wrote Donal C. O’Brien Jr. “...these are the greatest of all the Nantucket Golden Plovers; very...
[more like this] - EARLY HOLLOW FOLGER GOLDEN PLOVERFolger
Family
Nantucket, MA, c. 1840
11 in. long
“Nantucket decoys are hard to come by and historically they are of great interest. Since they were used for relatively short periods...
[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] - COLLECTION OF 8 PETE MICCICHE HAND CARVED
AND PAINTED B...Collection of 8 Pete Micciche Hand Carved and Painted Bird Decoys, all signed upon the base. "Blue Jay 1982", "House Wren 1991", "Common Puffin 1985", "Purple...
[more like this] - (4) SHOREBIRD DECOYS, BURR FAMILY, BRUCE
BIEBER(lot of 4) Vintage carved and painted shorebird decoys, on rectangular or naturalistic base, including: (1) Bruce Bieber shorebird decoy, (1) Black Breasted Plover decoy,...
[more like this] - NANTUCKET PLOVER DECOY CIRCA 1890 LENGTH
9.5".NANTUCKET PLOVER DECOY, Circa 1890, Maker unknown. Original paint, including painted eyes. Original bill. Carved wings. Hit with shot. Dimensions: Length 9.5"....
[more like this] - ALAN CHAFFEE GOLDEN PLOVER DECOY NANTUCKET,
MASSACHUSETTS, 20TH CENTURY LENGTH 10”.ALAN CHAFFEE GOLDEN PLOVER DECOY, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 20th Century, Glass eyes. Original paint. Carved "Chaffee" on underside....
[more like this] - GROUP OF FOUR LOIS PEDERSEN CARVED BIRDS
INCLUDING THREE DUCK DECOYS INCLUDING THREE DUCK DECOYS, largest painted in brown, off white and black with bead eyes, written underside "by lo Ped/'83", h: 13 x w: 21 in.;...
[more like this] - JOE LINCOLN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOY
ACCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1859-1938 LENGTHS 9” AND 10”., Accord, Massachusetts, 1859-1938, Together with a Massachusetts plover decoy, maker unknown, in original paint...
[more like this] - Carved and painted plover decoy early
20th century Weathered surface. L: 11 in. Bill missing, area surrounding bill weathered and worn away, paint loss....
[more like this] - Weathered Shorebird Decoys American
late?19th-early 20th?century. Three weathered Plover decoys each carved and hand-painted one with screw eyes all unsigned; largest lg. 11.5 in. Condition: Wear to paint and...
[more like this] - Carved and painted shorebird decoy
mid -atlantic, late 19th/early 20th century In the stylized form of a black bellied plover,. L: 11 in. See Illustration pg....
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