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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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About Auction
LiveJul 25, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
Nantucket, MA, c. 1850
An exceptionally light and hollow two-piece decoy with a vertical body seam. The bird displays pronounced raised wings, scalloped carving on the top and bottom of the tail, shoe button eyes, and a small stick hole. This decoy likely pre-dates the Civil War.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida
Literature: Richard W. Oliver's, "American Bird Decoys," Kennebunk, ME, July 1991, p. 18, lot 60, exact bird illustrated.
Original paint with light gunning wear and a reset wing tip.Condition
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