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Interesting mixed media diorama or shadowbox featuring a carved life-size rainbow trout along with other vintage fishing tackle and memorabilia by Morten "Mort" Fadum (1946-2023), Colorado Springs, Colorado, signed and dated 1986 on the lower right front. The trout is in mint condition, carved and finished completely in-the-round, including the backside.
Price: $395.00
Miniature wood duck hen with carved crest and tiny painted pins used as eyes by George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, New Hampshire, circa early 2nd quarter, 20th century. The hen, measuring 4†in length, is in original paint with some cracklure and paint chips. “Wood Duck†is written on the bottom. A shoemaker by trade, Boyd's miniatures were so well accepted by the marketplace that major retailers such as Macy's and Abercrombie and Fitch began to carry his "little birds", allowing him to retire from life as a cobbler and live mainly off his income for these carvings. Boyd’s miniatures were in swimming or decoy form and almost exactly replicated his full size carvings, often in male and female pairs. While Boyd didn’t sign or stamp his miniatures, he sometimes identified the species in pencil on the bottom of the base as in this case. What sets Boyd’s work apart from most others is the highly impressionistic painting of the feathers on his birds, represented not so much by the blending of paints and colors as by the use of hundreds of delicately curved strokes that combined to create a soft and textured effect, making his work unique and unmistakeable.
Price: $1050.00
Miniature wood duck drake with carved crest and tiny painted pin heads used as eyes by George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, New Hampshire, circa early 2nd quarter, 20th century. The drake, measuring 4†in length, is in original paint with some paint chipping. Half of the bill has been replaced. “Wood Duck†is written on the bottom. A shoemaker by trade, Boyd's miniatures were so well accepted by the marketplace that major retailers such as Macy's and Abercrombie and Fitch began to carry his "little birds", allowing him to retire from life as a cobbler and live mainly off his income for these carvings. Boyd’s miniatures were in swimming or decoy form and almost exactly replicated his full size carvings, often in male and female pairs. While Boyd didn’t sign or stamp his miniatures, he sometimes identified the species in pencil on the bottom of the base as in this case. What sets Boyd’s work apart from most others is the highly impressionistic painting of the feathers on his birds, represented not so much by the blending of paints and colors as by the use of hundreds of delicately curved strokes that combined to create a soft and textured effect, making his work unique and unmistakeable.
Price: $850.00
Miniature mallard hen with painted tiny pin head eyes by George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, New Hampshire, circa early 2nd quarter, 20th century. The hen, measuring 4.25†in length, is in original paint with paint chips and heat crazing on the neck and head. “Mallard Duck†is written on the base in pencil. A shoemaker by trade, Boyd's miniatures were so well accepted by the marketplace that major retailers such as Macy's and Abercrombie and Fitch began to carry his "little birds", allowing him to retire from life as a cobbler and live mainly off his income for these carvings. Boyd’s miniatures were in swimming or decoy form and almost exactly replicated his full size carvings, often in male and female pairs. While Boyd didn’t sign or stamp his miniatures, he sometimes identified the species in pencil on the bottom of the base as in this case. What sets Boyd’s work apart from most others is the highly impressionistic painting of the feathers on his birds, represented not so much by the blending of paints and colors as by the use of hundreds of delicately curved strokes that combined to create a soft and textured effect, making his work unique and unmistakeable.Painted tack eyes.
Price: $800.00
Miniature mallard drake with tiny painted pin head eyes by George Boyd (1873-1941), Seabrook, New Hampshire, circa early 2nd quarter, 20th century. The drake, measuring 4.25†in length, is in original paint with paint chips and light heat crazing on the head. A shoemaker by trade, Boyd's miniatures were so well accepted by the marketplace that major retailers such as Macy's and Abercrombie and Fitch began to carry his "little birds", allowing him to retire from life as a cobbler and live mainly off his income for these carvings. Boyd’s miniatures were in swimming or decoy form and almost exactly replicated his full size carvings, often in male and female pairs. While Boyd didn’t sign or stamp his miniatures, he sometimes identified the species in pencil on the bottom of the base. What sets Boyd’s work apart from most others is the highly impressionistic painting of the feathers on his birds, represented not so much by the blending of paints and colors as by the use of hundreds of delicately curved strokes that combined to create a soft and textured effect, making his work unique and unmistakeable.
Price: $950.00
Exceptional miniature pheasant rooster by Frank Finney, Cape Charles, Virginia, circa 4th quarter, 20th century. The carving (H 4â€, L 8-1/4â€) has carved primaries with a feather-carved tail and is in richly colored mint original feather paint with no damage or repairs. Frank’s stylized script “F†is carved into the bottom of the base. Frank is appropriately recognized as one of America’s premier contemporary carvers.
Price: $2150.00
Exceptional woodcock carving mounted on a weathered wooden base, crafted by Homer Lawrence and Shirley Riffe, Norwalk, CT, circa 1960s. Overall, it measures 12.5” long x 7.5” high with the woodcock itself measuring 9”in length and 6.5” in height. The full-sized carving is in highly detailed and beautifully blended near-mint original feather paint with high quality glass taxidermy eyes and a well-detailed and partially open bill. Lawrence carved, using bird-in-hand, while the incredible painting was done by Rifle, one of the finest painters of their time if not all time. See Decoy Magazine, September/October 2020, for an excellent article on the pair's work. See last photo attached for near-identical carvings pictured in that article.
Price: $2495.00
Rare and extremely popular I. W. Harper Whiskey advertising sign, titled "Here's Happy Days", a terrific hunting vignette depicting a hunting cabin with a dog, guns and a bear skin hanging on the wall, copyrighted 1909 by Bernheim Distilling Company. The piece is a chromolithograph transfer on Vitrolite (milk glass) with deep, rich colors, set in its original split log frame. Vitrolite was a structural glass manufactured by The Meyercord Co. of Chicago. Image size approximately 17" x 23" overall size is 25" x 31". It is often displayed with light behind it which gives it an even more outstanding presence. The sign itself is in near-mint and undamaged origina1 condition, set in its original wooden frame.
Price: $1750.00