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Hingham, MA 02043
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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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Jul 12, 2024
Decoy Carver's "Shaving Horse" Work Bench
57 1/2 in. by 19 in. by 39 in. tall
The "Shaving Horse" is a combination of a vice and a workbench. The design of this decoy carver's tool has ancient origins; in fact, an image of one in use was published in the 1556 definitive Latin text "De re metallica."
In 1984 this shaving horse was in the featured exhibit "Decoys: The Lure of American Folk Art," at the Tri-Delta Charity Antiques Show, the largest Charitable event in Dallas, Texas. In 1983 the show's featured exhibit hosted the White House's Presidential China.
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Exhibited: Dallas, Texas, "Decoys: The Lure of American Folk Art," The Tri Delta Charity Antiques Show, 1984.
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