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THBThe Starr Running Plover Decoy, Elisha Burr (1839-1909)
Lot 278
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Copley Fine Art Auctions
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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- Lot Description
Elisha Burr (1839-1909)
Hingham, MA, c. 1880
12 1/2 in. long
This grand plover is one of the finest Burr shorebird forms to have surfaced, with a large body, clean carved wing detail, and strong head carving with sharp eye grooves. The underside is branded "C. BURR" and is marked with Starr's Lincoln wood duck ink stamp.
Original paint with even gunning wear; the wing tips are old replacements.
Provenance: Carl Burr Rig
Dr. George Ross Starr Jr.
Collection Dr. S. Lloyd Newberry Collection
Literature: Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc. "The Rare Decoy Collection of George Ross Starr Jr., M.D.," Hyannis, MA, 1986, p. 30, pl. 79, exact bird illustrated.
George Ross Starr Jr., M.D., "Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway," New York, NY, 1974, p. vi, top left, exact carving illustrated and p. 74, fig. 25.
Paul A. Johnsgard, "The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form," Lincoln, NE, 1976, p. 148, fig. 170, related example 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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