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THBRockefeller Eider Pair, Capt. Merritt P. Pinkham (1861-1947)
Lot 178
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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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Rockefeller Eider Pair
Capt. Merritt P. Pinkham (1861-1947)
Seguin Island, ME, c. 1900
23 in. long
A pair of oversize Down East sea duck decoys with black glass eyes and inletted heads. The underside of the drake bears the inked inscription "Northern Eider by Captain Pinkham Seguin Island, ME." Merritt Pinkham was the lighthouse keeper on Seguin Island in Maine, the state's second oldest lighthouse. He was on duty during the Great Storm of 1898 when a schooner shipwrecked on the island. According to Dr. George Ross Starr Jr. of Duxbury, MA, Pinkham salvaged the boat's pinespars and carved this eider rig out of the wood. The underside of the hen bears David Rockefeller's collection identification number DR54.3264.2 and drake has DR54.3263.1.
Original paint with gunning wear, including a few tight cracks in each bird, old stabilizing nails under drakes bill,
Provenance: Dr. George Ross Starr Jr. Collection
Donal C. O'Brien Jr. CollectionPlease 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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