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THBRed Knot
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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LiveJul 27, 2017 - Jul 28, 2017
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- Lot Description
Red Knot
Cobb Island, VA, c. 1890
8 in. long
"Shore Bird Decoys," author Henry Fleckenstein writes of a rigmate, "this decoy is one of the type most often attributed to the Cobb family of Cobb Island, Virginia, but factual identification of the maker may never be learned."
A ridge starting at the back of this knot's head sharpens as it leads to the raised wing tips. The U-shaped black, white, and red feathering is that seen on the finest Cobb Island shorebirds. In "Shorebirds," Levinson describes a rigmate as, "an exceptional red knot with superb painting and painted eyes. It is most unusual to find a decoy by the Cobb family dating back well over a hundred years in such pristine condition."
In original paint with gunning wear, including a paint rub on left wing and chip to tail.
Provenance: Lloyd Johnson Collection
Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection
Literature: Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr., “Shore Bird Decoys,” Exton, PA, 1980, p. 30, plate 32, related decoy illustrated.
John Levinson and Somers Headley, "Shorebirds," Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 107, figure 7-13, related decoy illustrated.Condition
Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). 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.
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