Lot Essay
For related examples by the same carver, see Machmer, p. 37, figs. 36 and 38.
Details
A CARVED AND PAINTED ROOSTER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE 'DECO-TEX CARVER,' SOUTHEASTERN, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 19TH
The full bodied stylized figure with textured carving and yellow body with green highlights and red painted tin comb and wattles, on a molded base on a square plinth--7in. high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE 'DECO-TEX CARVER,' SOUTHEASTERN, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 19TH
The full bodied stylized figure with textured carving and yellow body with green highlights and red painted tin comb and wattles, on a molded base on a square plinth--7in. high
Provenance
Freeman and Company Auction, Philadelphia, September 15, 1970
Literature
Machmer, p. 37, no. 130