Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938)
Accord, MA, c. 1890
10 in. long
Joe Lincoln made custom decoys to match those already in a hunter's rig. This plover is believed to have been a special order for a Nantucket gunning rig. Carved in an upright, alert posture with shoe-button eyes. The decoy was purchased thirty-five years ago from a dealer in Missouri. A closely related pair out of the Grant Nelson Collection sold at Copley's 2017 Sporting Sale, lot 192.
In excellent original paint with minor gunning wear and minimal flaking.
Provenance: Private Collection, Missouri Dr. Morton D. Kramer Collection
Literature: Cap Vinal, “Joseph W. Lincoln,” Rockland, MA, 2002, p. 68, closely related example illustrated.
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, The Sporting Sale, July 16, 2009, lot 12, exact bird illustrated.
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