- 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] - RIG OF SIX UPRIGHT PLOVER AND ONE FEEDERSouth
Shore, MA, c. 1880
11 in. long
This group is part of a recently discovered rig and is offered here in its as-found state.
As found....
[more like this] - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERJohn Dilley
Quogue,
Long Island, NY, c. 1890
10 1/4 in. long
The underside of this plover is signed “Dilley.” by the maker. Very few Dilleys carry either the maker's known stamp or signature,...
[more like this] - MINIATURE MALLARD DRAKELevi W. Witham
(1853-1939)
Lynn, MA, c.1900
2 3/4 in. tall
This lot and the five others by the maker represent an important rediscovery of this accomplished North Shore carver. Other miniatures...
[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] - OHARA KOSON "PLOVER NEAR SEASIDE" WOODBLOCK
PRINTOhara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945). Japanese woodblock print titled "Plover near Seaside," 1926, depicting three plovers perched on the ocean shore with a wavy ocean and...
[more like this] - EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA PLOVER Circa
1910, carved and painted wood, wooden inserted bill....
[more like this] - EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA PLOVER Circa
1900, carved and painted wood, carved eyes...
[more like this] - SHIBAYAMA BOX CONTAINING A PAIR OF GAME
COUNTERS, MEIJI PERIOD BOX MEASURES: 4 1/8 X 2 5/8 X 1 1/2 IN. (10.5 X 6.7 X 3.8 CM.) COUNTERS, MEIJI PERIOD, the ivory rectangular box decorated on the lid with a stem of...
[more like this] - JOHN PATTY, "PIPING PLOVER," SHORE BIRD
Signed and dated 1982, with gallery....
[more like this] - Collection of six carved and paint decorated
shore birds tallest 10.5" the plover signed "Jay May 1985" and the large & small sandpipers signed "Stevens"....
[more like this] - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYFrom the South
Shore area of Massachusetts. Carved split tail and replaced bill. Hit by shot. Old in-use repaint....
[more like this] - Four engravings after A. Wilson: shore
birds, plates 50, 54, 58, 72, from American Ornithology , Philadelphia, first edition, 1808-1814, includes Spotted Sandpiper, Ring Plover, Red-breasted Snipe, Brant, Scoter...
[more like this] - CARVED SHORE BIRD. American late 20th
century softwood. Plover with original paint and glass eyes. Stamped ''Stevens''. 11 1/2''h. with base....
[more like this] - (7) SONG/SHORE BIRD CARVINGS - Including
a Pair of Yellow Finches on a branch signed 'Harry Hadden Seabright' 4 1/2'' tall 8 1/2'' x 4'' overall; PLUS (3) Plovers stamped 'DBW' (David B. Ward) dated 78 81 82 & (2)...
[more like this] - TWO SHORE BIRDS. American late 20th
century wood. Plover with original paint stamped ''JW Murray'' 13''h. with base and a curlew with distressed paint 13''h. with driftwood base. Ex Gus Knapp (Ohio) and...
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