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THBRed-Breasted Merganser Pair by Orlando "Os" Bibber (1882-1970)
Lot 459
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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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- Lot Description
Red-Breasted Merganser Pair
Orlando "Os" Bibber (1882-1970)
South Harpswell, ME, c. 1910
19 3/4 in. long
An exceptional and exceedingly rare rigmate merganser duo with turned heads and original horsehair crests. A well-documented pair, each of the elegant hollow bodies is fitted with its original chamfered bottom board. According to John Dinan, author of the Maine chapter in "The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys," Bibber only made decoys for his own use. He goes on to write that this maritime chief engineer's "birds are the best carvings on the coast."
Original paint with even gunning wear. Each has some old glue residue and age lines around neck seams. Drake has a replaced bill. Hen has tight age lines and two drips marks on breast. Original crests.
Provenance: Frank Schmidt Collection
Michael and Julie Hall Collection, acquired from the above
Linda E. Johnson Collection, acquired from the above
Literature: Ronald S. Swanson, "The Decoy as Folk Sculpture," Cranbrook Academy of Art Exhibition Catalog, January 1987, p. 12, fig. 13, exact carvings illustrated.
Exhibited: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, "The Decoy as Folk Sculpture," Cranbrook Academy of Art, January 27-February 22, 1987.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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