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THBPreening Broadbill Drake Albert D. Laing (1811-1886)
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20 Winter Street
Pembroke, MA 02359
United States
Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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LiveJul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
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- Lot Description
Preening Broadbill Drake
Albert D. Laing (1811-1886)
Stratford, CT,
12 in. long
A boldly carved preening broadbill drake branded “F. BURRITT” on the underside. Francis Burritt (1850-1928) was the designer of the Sandbagger "EZ Sloat" sailing vessel and the founder of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT.
Featuring Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler's best scratch comb feather paint.
The provenance of this decoy reads like decoy maker and collector royalty having been gunned over by Albert Laing, Francis Burritt, and Shang Wheeler, before being retired by Thomas Marshall, and acquired by Donal O'Brien, Jr.
In Wheeler repaint with gunning wear.
Provenance: Albert Laing Rig
Commodore Francis Burritt Rig
Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler Rig
Thomas C. Marshall Rig/Collection, acquired from the above
Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Collection, acquired from the above
Literature: William J. Mackey, Jr., "American Bird Decoys," New York, NY, 1965, p. 68, plate 48, exact decoy illustrated, incorrectly attributed to Ben Holmes.
Quintina Colio, "American Decoys," Ephrata, PA, 1972, p. 11, exact decoy illustrated, incorrectly attributed to Ben Holmes.
Henry C. Chitwood, "Connecticut Decoys," West Chester, PA, 1987, back dust-jacket cover and p. 65, rigmate illustrated.Condition
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