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THBThe Purnell-O'Brien Shourds "Green Rig" Curlew Decoy, Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920)
Lot 100
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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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The Purnell-O'Brien Shourds "Green Rig" Curlew
Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920)
Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890
13 3/4 in. long
Harry Vinuckson Shourds is not only the most well-known decoy maker from New Jersey, he is also one of the earliest. In addition to being one of the few professional carvers of his generation, Shourds hunted ducks for market while his wife used the feathers to make pillows and bedding.
An exemplary Shourds “green rig” shorebird decoy, described as such because of its hue. This curlew displays painted eyes, a splined bill, and exceptional blended feathering. This curlew is one of the finest examples by this maker known to exist. The underside retains the Purnell Collection’s “P” brand along with the stamp that denotes the Donal C. O'Brien Jr. Collection.
The larger size of both the body and bill of this carving, in comparison with the following curlew, lot 103, suggests that Shourds may have made representations of both the larger long-billed curlew and the smaller whimbrel.
In original paint with even gunning wear, very minor touch-up to lower left flank and left side of head.
Provenance: William H. Purnell Jr. Collection
Donal C. O'Brien Jr. Collection
Private Collection, Florida
Literature: Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc., "Very Rare and Important American Bird Decoys, From the Collection of the late William J. Mackey, Jr. of Belford, New Jersey," Boston, MA, 1973, Session IV, lot 123, rigmate illustrated. Peter Johnson and Alf Wannenburgh, “The World of Shooting,” Lausanne, Switzerland, 1987, pp. 259-261, exact decoy illustrated. Copley Fine Art Auctions, "The Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys, Sessions I-II," Hingham, MA, 2017, front inside boards of hard-cover edition, pp. 138-143, lots 68-75, exact decoy in O'Brien Shourds rig illustrated.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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