A GROUP OF SEVEN DECORATIVE CARVED AND PAINTED WATERFOWL SCULPTURES

KENNETH SCHEELER, VINELAND, NEW JERSEY

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A GROUP OF SEVEN DECORATIVE CARVED AND PAINTED WATERFOWL SCULPTURES
Kenneth Scheeler, Vineland, New Jersey
Comprising: a fine oldsquaw drake; a canvasback drake, signed by maker on bottom and dated 1982; a shoveler drake, signed by maker on bottom and dated 1979; a very good broadbill drake, signed on bottom by maker and dated 1980; a good franklin gull, signed on bottom by maker and dated 1980; a good avocet and a good oldsquaw drake, approximately one-quarter size, sitting on simulated rock terrain and oval wood base; signed by maker on underside of base and dated 1982 (7)

Literature

The Franklin Gull: Anne Small, Masters of Decorative Bird Carving, p. 111.

Exhibited

Decoy Show in Michigan; Salisbury, Md and Philadelphia, Pa in 1980

Lot Essay

The canvas back drake was "Best In World" - 1982 Ward Foundation Wildfowl Carving and Arts Exhibition
The shoveler drake won second Place, 1979, U.S. National Decoy Show, Melville
The broadbill drake won "First In Class", 1980, Ward Foundation Carving and Arts Exhibition

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