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THBEarly Yellowlegs Decoy Pair, Burr Family
Lot 207
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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- Lot Description
Early Burr Yellowlegs Pair
Burr Family
South Shore, MA, c. 1880
13 in. long
This pair of Burr family yellowlegs from Hingham, Massachusetts, appears to be the earliest work, or even predates the work, of the region's famous shorebird decoy maker, Elisha Burr (1839-1909). The thin necks, lifted wings, dropped tail, and stylized paint are the telltale Burr traits seen in this matched pair. The folky pair was created out of four pieces of wood. Each display unusually fashioned iron bills wrapped with marlin.
Original paint with even gunning wear, including some flaking at the lamination seams. Both bills have touch-up at face insertion; one has been reset.
Literature: George Ross Starr Jr. M.D., "Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway," New York, NY, 1974, p. 33, fig. 7, rigmate illustrated.Please email condition report requests to colin@copleyart.com. 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.Condition
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