- 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] - RUNNING GOLDEN AND BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERSNantucket,
MA, c. 1880
11 in. long
Two plovers that show similar characteristics to the carvings attributed to Captain James Wyer (1816-1899) of Nantucket, MA. The black-bellied plover...
[more like this] - DOVETAILED GOLDEN PLOVER WITH CARVED
WINGSMark S. McNair (b. 1950)
Craddockville, VA, 2007
9 1/2 in. long
The inside of the neck joint has an incised "HB" for the patron. The underside of the hollow body bears...
[more like this] - GOLDEN PLOVER WITH HIGH DOVETAILED HEADMark
S. McNair (b. 1950)
Craddockville, VA, 2000
12 in. long
This hollow carving has a removable head with a tall and thin neck. The underside bears an incised "McNair" signature...
[more like this] - PLOVER AND YELLOWLEGSMassachusetts,
c. 1900
10 in. long
A split-tail yellowlegs with painted oval eyes and a "X" rig marking on the underside. The small golden plover was carved from a one-and-one-eighth-inch...
[more like this] - THE ELY-NORCROSS GOLDEN PLOVER PAIRNantucket,
MA, c. 1840
10 in. long
A fine and important pair of Nantucket golden plover. This pair represents two of the most well-documented Nantucket shorebirds known. A letter from...
[more like this] - GOLDEN PLOVERMassachusetts
c. 1900
10
in. long
A classic Massachusetts plover with a split tail, carved from a one-and-three-quarter-inch board.
Original and old working paint with heavy gunning wear, reset bill...
[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] - 2 ANTIQUE CARVED BIRD DECOYS ON DRIFT
WOOD: Comprising 2 Golden Plovers; 1 carved by Capt. Jesse Birdsall, 1890, & 1 carved by the Harris family of Nantucket, Mass, 1880. Both have handwriting and date at underside....
[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] - CHANDLER SAWYER (NC, B. 1981), PAIR
OF GOLDEN PLOVERS MOUNTED ON DRIFTWOOD Maple, North Carolina, circa 2021, carved and painted wood, iron nail bills, incised CS brand on both birds....
[more like this] - TWO DECORATIVE PLOVER CARVINGSBy James
Lapham of Dennisport Massachusetts. One black-bellied plover and one golden plover. Mounted on carved clamshell bases....
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