Accord, Massachusetts, last quarter 19th century, alert plover and feeding yellowlegs, both well carved with elevated primaries, raised shoulders, high heads and narrow necks, old dry surfaces, tack eyes, visible wooden dowel heads at both crowns, plover with "38" inscribed at belly, later stands, plover 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 2-1/2 in., yellowlegs 4 x 9-3/4 x 2-1/4 in.
Provenance: By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
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By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York
Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.
plover most likely in original paint, yellowlegs with early partial repaint, both with losses and retouch, both bills replaced, plover bill with later repairs, yellowlegs bill no longer to species, tack eyes with corrosion, paint and early coat of varnish with chips and minor losses commensurate with age, shot strike