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  • 99.3.2
1361Bobwhite
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Bobwhite
Accession #:
  • 99.3.2
Identifier:
  • 1361   
Type:
  • Carving
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1974
Description:
Underside of base inscribed "Bob White by W. H. Gilley 1974 ; Made for the 'Cheevers'" ; artist's stamp on underside of base.
  • 99.3.1
1358Woodcock
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Woodcock
Accession #:
  • 99.3.1
Identifier:
  • 1358   
Type:
  • Carving
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1972
Description:
Inscribed "Made for Byron and Maureen Cheever" on underside of base ; signed "Gilley '72" on top of base.
  • 96.2.8
1364Herring Gull, Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Herring Gull, Pair
Accession #:
  • 96.2.8
Identifier:
  • 1364   
Type:
  • Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1972
Description:
Two adult birds on a roughly "J" shaped driftwood base ; glass eyes ; cast lead legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right side of driftwood base below the sitting gull ; inscribed "Made for Hilda - Hulda Bragdon 1972" on underside of base.
  • 96.2.7
1301Bald Eagle
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Bald Eagle
Accession #:
  • 96.2.7
Identifier:
  • 1301   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1973
Description:
Adult bald eagle, approximately one-sixth life-size, sitting upright on small driftwood knot ; lead feet with talons realistically gripping the base ; undercut wing tips crossed over carved tail ; Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; marked "Hilda, Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1973" on underside of base
  • 96.2.6
1249Goldfinch
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Goldfinch
Accession #:
  • 96.2.6
Identifier:
  • 1249   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1981 ?
Description:
Adult male goldfinch in summer plumage sitting on real branch ; "Gilley" signature on front topside of base almost completely faded ; additionally underside bears jackknife rubber stamp Gilley mark ; underside of base marked "Wedding gift to Joe + Anne Bragdon from Wendell H. Gilley + Addie" ; dated Oct, 4, 1981.
  • 96.2.4, 96.2.5
1250Goldfinch pair
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Goldfinch pair
Accession #:
  • 96.2.4, 96.2.5
Identifier:
  • 1250   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1970
Description:
One marked "Made for Hilda Bragdon by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. The other marked "Made for Hulda Bragdon by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. Both dated 1970.
  • 96.2.3
1458Brown pelican
  • Carving, 1/5 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Brown pelican
Accession #:
  • 96.2.3
Identifier:
  • 1458   
Type:
  • Carving, 1/5 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1975
Description:
Adult male in breeding plumage depicted on a wooden piling attached to egg-shaped pine base ; cast lead legs and feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley '75" on front of base. Underside of base marked: "Hilda and Hulda Bragdon, 1975" and signed "by Wendell Gilley"
  • 96.2.2
1510Mallard Plaque
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Mallard Plaque
Accession #:
  • 96.2.2
Identifier:
  • 1510   
Type:
  • Carving
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Description:
Carving of a half-bodied mallard duck in flight superimposed on a painted scene of shoreline and water ; duck approximately seven inches long, six inches high ; both legs are broken off and missing ; traces of practice painting on reverse ; edges painted silver ; signed bottom right "Gilley"
  • 96.2.13
1235Mallard Drake Box
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Mallard Drake Box
Accession #:
  • 96.2.13
Identifier:
  • 1235   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1950
Description:
Six-board pine box, lap-joined and nailed, with clear acrylic finish ; rounded-edge lift cover, carved underneath to set in box cavity. Five-inch long mallard is screw-mounted lengthwise in the center of cover ; has two curled lead-strip tail-curls, glass eyes. Marked "Made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon" on underside of box. Signed "Made by Wendell Gilley" and dated 1950 (in a circle).
  • 96.2.12
1260Common Tern, Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Common Tern, Pair
Accession #:
  • 96.2.12
Identifier:
  • 1260   
Type:
  • Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1971
Description:
Birds painted in summer plumage. Bottom of driftwood base marked "Made for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1971." Signed "Gilley" on right front of base.
  • 96.2.10
1287Great Blue Heron
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Great Blue Heron
Accession #:
  • 96.2.10
Identifier:
  • 1287   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Description:
Figure permanently mounted on round footed base, intended to be covered with a glass dome. Top of base is a 3/4 inch diameter inner-ground of fine sand. Heron has cast lead legs and feet, lead-strip crest feathers, glass eyes. Signed "Gilley" on side of driftwood "stump" below left side of bird ; no date.
  • 96.2.1
1270American Goldeneye Relief
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
American Goldeneye Relief
Accession #:
  • 96.2.1
Identifier:
  • 1270   
Type:
  • Carving
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1935 c
Description:
Very early Gilley diorama ; carved and painted American goldeneye against painted winter scene on board. Marked "Made about 1935 Wendell Gilley" on back. Signed "Gilley on bottom front.
  • 95.1.1
1504Yellow-shafted Flicker
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Accession #:
  • 95.1.1
Identifier:
  • 1504   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1969
Tags:
highlights
Description:
One of sixty-one carvings exhibited in a major museum retrospective "Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley" at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in 1976/77. Adult male northern flicker in a feeding position on driftwood mount ; glass eyes, cast lead feet with curved talons "gripping" the curves of the driftwood ; signed "Gilley" in black ink on lower left of the upper surface of the mount ; additionally signed on the flat underside of the base in three separate areas: "Yellow-shafted Flicker" and "By W.H. Gilley 1969" and "Made especially for Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Hollander." [show more]
  • 94.1.1
1316Little Blue Herons
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Little Blue Herons
Accession #:
  • 94.1.1
Identifier:
  • 1316   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1957 ?
Description:
Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date
  • 93.1.1
1285Pine Grosbeak, Female
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Pine Grosbeak, Female
Accession #:
  • 93.1.1
Identifier:
  • 1285   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1982
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base below bird's left wing. Gilley's stamp on bottom of base
  • 91.3.1
1312Great Blue Heron Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Great Blue Heron Pair
Accession #:
  • 91.3.1
Identifier:
  • 1312   
Type:
  • Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Description:
Pair of adult herons on roughly "x" shaped driftwood mount. On lower right arm of the "x" a heron in hunting posture is loosely mounted. On upper arm of the x, another heron is depicted in a guarding posture. Twin metal-strip crest, glass eyes, metal feet and legs realistically painted. Signed "Gilley" on top side of sand-finished oblong base, lower right.
  • 91.01.35
1492Hooded Merganser, Hen
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Hooded Merganser, Hen
Accession #:
  • 91.01.35
Identifier:
  • 1492   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.34
1396Bufflehead, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Bufflehead, Female
Accession #:
  • 91.01.34
Identifier:
  • 1396   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.33
1395Bufflehead, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Bufflehead, Male
Accession #:
  • 91.01.33
Identifier:
  • 1395   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.32
1406Green-winged Teal, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Green-winged Teal, Male
Accession #:
  • 91.01.32
Identifier:
  • 1406   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Green Teal"
  • 91.01.31
1402Black Duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Black Duck
Accession #:
  • 91.01.31
Identifier:
  • 1402   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.30
1403Hooded Merganser, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Hooded Merganser, Drake
Accession #:
  • 91.01.30
Identifier:
  • 1403   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.29
1388Surf scoter, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Surf scoter, Female
Accession #:
  • 91.01.29
Identifier:
  • 1388   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.28
1387Surf scoter, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Surf scoter, Male
Accession #:
  • 91.01.28
Identifier:
  • 1387   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Skunk head"
  • 91.01.27
1391Common Eider
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Common Eider
Accession #:
  • 91.01.27
Identifier:
  • 1391   
Type:
  • Carving, Miniature
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Sea Duck"