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THBRaised-Wing Yellowlegs
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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 J. Matthews (1855- 1930s), Assawoman, VA
c. 1890
A plump shorebird decoy with distinct features including elliptical carved eyes, a sharp ridge down the back, and sharp V-cut wing-tips. This rotund bird measures nearly ten inches in circumference.The Matthews rig was used on Assawoman Island located at the southern tip of what is now the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. A 1920 federal census lists a sixty-five-year-old William J. Matthews as an oysterman boarding on Chincoteague with Charles W. Purnell and William H. Purnell, the grandfather and father of this decoy's consignor.
When pioneer decoy collector, William Mackey, Jr., purchased the gunning rig from the Matthews' estate it consisted of shorebird decoys carved by several different talented Virginia makers. William Purnell, Jr. acquired this decoy from Mackey in the 1960s. A "P" is branded on the underside.
Provenance: William Matthews RigEstate of William Matthews
William J. Mackey, Jr. Collection, acquired from the above
William H. Purnell, Jr. Collection, acquired from the above
Literature: Quintina Colio, "American Decoys," Ephrata, PA, 1972, p. 60, rigmate decoy illustrated.William J. Mackey, Jr., "American Bird Decoys," New York, NY, 1965, p. 160, plate 133, rigmates illustrated
Condition: Original paint with gunning wear, filler applied to back of head and smaller areas of breast, and a replaced bill.Condition
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