- 19TH C. CLASSICAL NY PAINT DECORATED
GAMES TABLE. Ca. 1830’s New York games table, with a hinged ebonized (black painted) top and a stencil decorated rolled apron, supported by an elaborately carved and stencil...
[more like this] - THE SURACE FEEDING PLOVERObediah Verity
(1813-1901)
Seaford, Long Island, NY, c. 1870
9 3/4 in. long
“Verity’s most distinctive form is a feeding shorebird, with its bulbous head bent down and forward, its...
[more like this] - THE MACKEY-MULLER SHOURDS LONG-TAILHarry
V. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890
13 1/2 in. long
This Shourds carving is considered one of the pinnacle gunning decoys out of New Jersey. In addition to its...
[more like this] - "WHITE MALLARD CLUB" PINCH-BREAST PINTAILThe
Ward Brothers
Lemuel T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976)
Crisfield, MD, c. 1932
18 3/4 in. long
“The Ward Brothers made pintails early on in their craft and they were...
[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] - 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] - GRAND CURLEWCharles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952)
Shinnecock,
NY, c. 1900
17 1/2 in. long
In 1971 Milton Weiler’s “Classic Shorebird Decoys” portfolio was published with text by William J. Mackey Jr. Across from Weiler’s Plate...
[more like this] - NY CLASSICAL CARVED, GILT & PAINTED
SOFAlikely from the workshop of Duncan Phyfe, with cornucopia carved crest and scrolled arms, reeded front rail with winged paw feet, with some restorations and added gilt...
[more like this] - KING INSET QUADRILLE'S KEDLESTON UPHOLSTERED
HEADBOARD TOGETHER WITH A MATCHING BEDSKIRT, TWO COORDINATING EUROPEAN SHAMS AND TWO PI.. HEADBOARD TOGETHER WITH A MATCHING BEDSKIRT, TWO COORDINATING EUROPEAN SHAMS AND...
[more like this] - VIENNESE LARGE ENAMELED WOODEN CASKET,
LATE 19TH C., AUSTRIA, EBONIZED WOODEN FRAME MOUNTED WITH HAND-PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUES OF CLASSICAL FIGURES AND LANDSCAPES, TOP FEATURES IVORY CARVING OF BOY PLAYING FLUTE...
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