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THBGolden Plover
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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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LiveFeb 12, 2015 - Feb 13, 2015
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William Folger (1820-1895), Nantucket, MA
c. 1850
A hollow shorebird decoy with incised wing definition and split-tail carving.In the early 1800s Nantucket Island was a stop-over for the seasonal migration of golden plover. The birds were so numerous that early gunners, with primitive black powder firearms, routinely brought down several with a single shot. Later in that century when the number of birds drastically declined, most hunters assumed their flight path had changed with the immense flocks veering further out to sea. These plover were a staple of a coastal New Englander’s spring and fall diet.
This decoy originated from the famous Folger rig which consisted of Eskimo curlew and plover decoys. This rig is considered to be the most important group of decoys to have been carved on the island and are an important part of Nantucket’s folk art history. As a testament to the fine craftsmanship of this hollow two-piece decoy, the body seam shows no separation.
Provenance: William Folger RigFranklin Folger (1842-1923) Collection, by descent in the family
Franklin Folger Webster, by descent in the family
Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection, acquired from the above c. 1968
Private Collection
Literature: Robert Shaw, "Call to the Sky. The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D.," Houston, TX, 1992, p. 13, rigmate illustrated.James Reginato, "Folk Art's Old Guard," Town & Country, January 1990, p. 161, rig illustrated.
Condition: Original paint with light gunning wear, original wooden bill has flaking at base, and one eye may be an old replacement.Condition
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