Lot
566
A CARVED AND PAINTED SPREADWING EAGLE
JOHN HALLEY BELLAMY (1836-1914), KITTERY POINT, MAINE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Price realised
USD 28,200
Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
A CARVED AND PAINTED SPREADWING EAGLE
John Halley Bellamy (1836-1914), Kittery Point, Maine, late 19th century
The white-painted spreadwing form with incised feathers, facing right with articulated gold and black-painted facial features clutching a red, white and blue-painted banner inscribed DUM VIVUM VIVAMUS (translation: While we live, let us live) and grasping a red white, blue and gold-painted shield
9½in. high, 25½in. wide
Provenance
Collection of Channing Hare