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THBCurlew Charles F. Coffin (1835-1919)(attr.)
About Seller
65 Sharp Street
Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveJul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
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- Lot Description
Curlew
Charles F. Coffin (1835-1919)(attr.)
Nantucket, MA, c. 1870
15 in. long
A rare and early two-piece curlew decoy. This carving is by the same hand as the curlew from the O'Brien Collection featured in Johnsgard's "The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form" on page 157. The decoys attributed to C.F. Coffin as well as those attributed to Franklin Folger, Jr. (1842-1918) are considered the best to have come from the whaling seaport of Nantucket.Robert D. Congdon came from a family of early Nantucketers. He was an early island decoy collector starting in the 1960's along with Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Congdon put together a first rate collection of Nantucket sorebirds that included this exceptionally rare and elegant curlew. A hollow curlew by this maker set the world record for any Nantucket decoy, selling for over $200,000.
Original paint with light gunning wear and a tight crack in the bill.
Provenance: Robert D. Congdon Collection, Nantucket, MA
Grant Nelson Collection
Literature: Paul A. Johnsgard, "The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form," Lincoln, NE, 1976, p. 157, pl. 179, related decoy illustrated.
Guyette and Schmidt, North American Decoys, July 22 & 23, 1999, West Farmington, ME, front cover and lot 151, exact decoy illustrated.Condition
Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.
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