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ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1900-1920
Details
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER HEN
ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1900-1920
wide-bodied with glass eyes and horsehair crest
18 in. long
ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1900-1920
wide-bodied with glass eyes and horsehair crest
18 in. long
Provenance
Steve Miller Collection
Sold, James D. Julia Gallery, Fairfield, Maine, 24 August 1985, lot 128
Sold, James D. Julia Gallery, Fairfield, Maine, 24 August 1985, lot 128
Literature
S. and J. Delph, New England Decoys, Exton, Pennsylvania, 1981, pp. 100-101.
J. Barnitz et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, vol. II, p. 295, no. 181 (illustrated in color, p. 294).
J. Barnitz et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, vol. II, p. 295, no. 181 (illustrated in color, p. 294).
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