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Accession # Identifier Title Type Subject
  • 20.01.042
1284Herring Gull Pair
  • Carving, Pair, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed on bottom of base: "by W. H. Gilley" ; no date
  • 20.01.044
1286Pileated Woodpecker
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Inscribed "Pileated Woodpecker by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 89.3.2
1288Herring Gull on Red Buoy
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gull in adult plumage, head erect and straight ahead, wing tips balanced high over tail, feet braced on a navigational buoy called a red nun. Glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Buoy painted with white Arabic numeral "4". Carved oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted to resemble sea water. No date visible.
  • 20.01.049
1291Red Legged Black Duck
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on top right of base. "National Woodcarvers Association Member"stamped on underside of base. No date
  • 20.01.050
1292Great Blue Heron Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley", no date
  • 20.01.051
1293Mallard Drake
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Marked "Joe Simmons" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.053
1295Mallard Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of base. Marked "Mallard's" on underside of base. Has artist's stamp on underside of base. No date
  • 20.01.058
1300Bald Eagle
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; no date
  • 2007.01.01
1302Common Loon
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; circa 1950's
  • 20.01.061
1303Ruffed Grouse
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on top left of base ; no date
  • 89.3.6
1305Bluebird, Pair
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult male and female mounted on pine and twig base, the lower bird (female) in downward crouching position, the male perched on lower fork of twig ; wire legs and metal feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on carved base.
  • 20.01.066
1308Great Blue Heron
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right front of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.067
1309Pintail, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.071
1313Osprey with Flounder on Branch
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right front of oblong base ; no date
  • 84.1.1
1314Wood Duck, Pair
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; no date
  • 20.01.073
1315Wood Stork
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Wire legs, painted feet ; no signature or date
  • 20.01.075
1317Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Solitary sandpiper perched with wings upright on driftwood branch ; spotted sandpiper standing, body tilted downward, on carved oblong base. Signed "Gilley" on left front of oblong base ; no date
  • 20.01.076
1318Common Tern, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.081
1323Canada Goose
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; not dated
  • 20.01.082
1324Mallard, Female
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; underside of base marked "Joe Simmons"and "Dana Fife"
  • 20.01.084
1326Northern Cardinal
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood branch ; no date
  • 20.01.085
1327Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard"
  • 20.01.086
1331Mallard, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something
  • 20.01.087
1332Black Duck, Pair
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming, appear to have been once attached to something, no signature or date
  • 20.01.088
1333Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Relief of bird in flight; hook for hanging; no signature or date
  • 20.01.092
1337Shoveler
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base
  • 20.01.094
1339Herring gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on flat side of driftwood
  • 20.01.095
1340Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base stamped "W.H. Gilley"
  • 20.01.096
1341Canvasback
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.098
1343Herring Gull on Piling
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gilley's stamp on underside of base, no date visible
  • 20.01.099
1344Great Egret
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on top rear of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.101
1346Herring Gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; Gilley's stamp on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.103
1348Herring Gull
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Initials W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.104
1349Bobwhite Quail, Pair
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front left of base ; no date
  • 20.01.105
1350Bald Eagle
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on backside of driftwood ; no date
  • 96.1.1
1362Woodcock
  • Carving, 2/3 Life-size
  • Birds
Description:
No base ; carved from balsa wood ; glass eyes, cast metal three-toed feet ; flat polychrome paint is applied in a somewhat stylized rather than strictly naturalistic, feather treatment ; Signed "Gilley" between feet below a small round hole ; no date
  • 20.01.116
1367King Eider
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.117
1368Spotted sandpiper
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.118
1369Woodcock
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.119
1370Long-tailed duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Marked "Old Squaw (cock) by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 91.01.03
1374Canvasback, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.02
1375Canvasback, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.15
1376Mallard, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.14
1377Mallard, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.11
1378Pintail, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.19
1380Ruddy Duck, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.18
1381Ruddy Duck, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.09
1382Wood Duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.10
1383Pintail
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.16
1384Goldeneye, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.17
1385Goldeneye, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.23
1386Barrow's Goldeneye, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
  • 91.01.28
1387Surf scoter, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Skunk head"
  • 91.01.29
1388Surf scoter, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.12
1389White-winged scoter, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.01
1390Whimbrel
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has stamp "A. E. Crowell, East Harwich" on underside of base.
  • 91.01.27
1391Common Eider
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Sea Duck"
  • 91.01.22
1392Long-tailed Duck, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Oldsquaw"
  • 91.01.24
1393Greater Scaup, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Bluebill"
  • 91.01.25
1394Greater Scaup, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Bluebill"
  • 91.01.33
1395Bufflehead, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.34
1396Bufflehead, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.08
1397Common Merganser, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Gooseander"
  • 91.01.07
1401Brant
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.31
1402Black Duck
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.30
1403Hooded Merganser, Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.04
1404Blue-winged Teal, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Blue Teal"
  • 91.01.05
1405Blue-winged Teal, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Blue Teal"
  • 91.01.32
1406Green-winged Teal, Male
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Green Teal"
  • 91.01.13
1407Redhead
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
  • 91.01.26
1408Northern Shoveler
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked: "Shoveler"
  • 91.01.06
1409Canada Goose
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
1416Postcard showing Mallard Drake
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
1417Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
1418Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Wendell Gilley carved the chickadee in this photo used as an advertisement for Warren Tool shortly before his death in 1982. Mounted on mat board ; Warren Tool Co. label on reverse side of board. Accompanied by handwritten note from Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool.
1419Willet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
1420Gulls
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an interior showing gull carvings, including a mobile, by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back.
1421Herring Gull on Buoy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
1424Group of four ducks and a Canada goose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of five birds carved by Wendell Gilley. Clockwise from left: black duck, Canada goose, canvasback, harlequin duck, and common eider. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back. Numbered "#28" in pencil above stamp.
1427Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace .
1428Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
1429Bobwhite
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
1431Bald Eagle
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side.
1432Bald Eagle With Fish
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of bald eagle, perched with wings spread above fish on oval base, carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Eagle with fish by Wendell Gilley" in ink on reverse side.
1433Canada Geese, Pair
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a pair of Canada geese carved by Wendell H. Gilley
1436Marbled Godwit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of a marbled (?) godwit carved by Wendell H. Gilley. The carving appears to be part of a diorama. On reverse side in pencil: "George W. Pepper 3rd" . "Roche Photography, Caldwell N.J." stamp on reverse.
  • 20.01.123
1447Common Loon
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottomed, felt attached to underside
1450Atlantic Puffin
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of an Atlantic Puffin carving by Wendell H. Gilley set among rocks. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1451Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley seated in his workshop next to a window with miniature carvings on windowsill. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1452Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley painting a carving in his workshop with a pipe in his mouth. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1457Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gilley's desk covered with boxes of carved birds, tools, and other supplies ; "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
  • 89.3.9
1466Blue Jay with Acorn
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Blue jay with real acorn in its beak perched on driftwood branch on oval base ; wire and metal legs and feet ; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on front of base ; no date
  • 20.01.137
1471Ring-necked Ducks, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right of carved wooden base. Underside of base marked "'Ring-neck Ducks' by Wendell Gilley, Southwest Harbor Maine ; Made especially for Dr. Claud F. Young". Not dated.
1475Sandpiper
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Carved sandpiper on driftwood placed on a sandy surface with painted backdrop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1476Gadwall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gadwall on driftwood base set on reflective surface with grasses in background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1477Osprey
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Osprey with wings raised placed in setting of rocks and branches. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1478Great Blue Heron
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Heron standing on driftwood base with beak pointing upward against painted background. In pencil on reverse: "Blue Heron." "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1479Cormorant
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Cormorant standing on stump against painted background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
1482Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Warren Tool Co. stamped on reverse side.
1483Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Note on reverse written by Warren Tool president Fred Clark: "Note: Carved chickadee (shown) personal gift from the late Wendall [sic] Gilley..."