A GROUP OF FIVE DECORATIVE CARVED AND PAINTED WATERFOWL SCULPTURES

JAY POLITE, NEW CASTLE, DELEWARE

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A GROUP OF FIVE DECORATIVE CARVED AND PAINTED WATERFOWL SCULPTURES
Jay Polite, New Castle, Deleware
Comprising: a fine grebe with feather; two snow geese, miniatures, in flight, intended for wall mounting, signed by maker on wing of one and dated 1977; an extremely fine wood duck drake, perched on tree root at the edge of a pond with layers of sunken oak leaves under simulated water and scattered acorns, signed by maker on the weathered wood and dated 1981 and a very fine black duck, with both feet extended, mounted on an ovoid pedestal base (5)

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The wood duck drake won Blue Ribbon and Best of Show, U.S. National Decoy Show, 1980, Newark, DE, Blue Ribbon in decorative life-size waterfowl at 1981 World Championship Ward Foundation Wildfowl Carving and Art Exhibition, October 9-11, 1981, Salisbury, MD, and illustrated in catalogue, p. 35 and is illustrated in the Catalogue Ward Foundation News, Summer 1981, p. 22

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