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| 1392 | Long-tailed Duck, Male |
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Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Oldsquaw" |
| 1391 | Common Eider |
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Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Sea Duck" |
| 1390 | Whimbrel |
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| 1389 | White-winged scoter, Female |
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Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. |
| 1388 | Surf scoter, Female |
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| 1387 | Surf scoter, Male |
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Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Skunk head" |
| 1386 | Barrow's Goldeneye, Drake |
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| 1385 | Goldeneye, Female |
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| 1384 | Goldeneye, Drake |
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| 1383 | Pintail |
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| 1382 | Wood Duck |
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| 1381 | Ruddy Duck, Male |
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| 1380 | Ruddy Duck, Female |
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| 1379 | Guestbooks |
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Description: 3 Guestbooks containing signatures of Wendell Gilley's visitors from March 1944 - Nov. 1951, July 24, 1971 - July 9, 1974, and July 12, 1974 - June 13, 1977. 1 notebook listing names of visitors to his workshop between May 1970 and July 24, 1971 | |
| 1378 | Pintail, Female |
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| 1377 | Mallard, Male |
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| 1376 | Mallard, Female |
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| 1375 | Canvasback, Male |
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| 1374 | Canvasback, Female |
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| 1370 | Long-tailed duck |
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Description: Marked "Old Squaw (cock) by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date |
| 1369 | Woodcock |
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| 1368 | Spotted sandpiper |
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| 1367 | King Eider |
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| 1366 | American Brant |
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| 1362 | Woodcock |
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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 |
| 1350 | Bald Eagle |
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| 1349 | Bobwhite Quail, Pair |
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| 1348 | Herring Gull |
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| 1346 | Herring Gull |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; Gilley's stamp on underside of base ; no date |
| 1344 | Great Egret |
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| 1343 | Herring Gull on Piling |
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| 1341 | Canvasback |
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| 1340 | Mallard Drake |
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| 1339 | Herring gull |
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| 1337 | Shoveler |
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| 1336 | Blue-winged Teal |
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| 1335 | Green-winged Teal |
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Description: Marked "G. Winged Teal" and signed "by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base |
| 1333 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
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Description: Relief of bird in flight; hook for hanging; no signature or date |
| 1332 | Black Duck, Pair |
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Description: Flat bottom, swimming, appear to have been once attached to something, no signature or date |
| 1331 | Mallard, Female |
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Description: Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something |
| 1330 | Eagles |
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Description: Typescript draft of a section included in The Art of Bird Carving by Wendell Gilley describing his techniques for carving eagles. | |
| 1327 | Mallard Drake |
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Description: Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard" |
| 1326 | Northern Cardinal |
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| 1325 | Northern Cardinal |
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| 1324 | Mallard, Female |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; underside of base marked "Joe Simmons"and "Dana Fife" |
| 1323 | Canada Goose |
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| 1318 | Common Tern, Pair |
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| 1317 | Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers |
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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 |
| 1315 | Wood Stork |
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| 1314 | Wood Duck, Pair |
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| 1313 | Osprey with Flounder on Branch |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on right front of oblong base ; no date |
| 1312 | Great Blue Heron Pair |
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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. |
| 1309 | Pintail, Pair |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date |
| 1308 | Great Blue Heron |
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| 1305 | Bluebird, Pair |
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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. |
| 1303 | Ruffed Grouse |
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| 1302 | Common Loon |
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| 1300 | Bald Eagle |
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| 1295 | Mallard Pair |
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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 |
| 1293 | Mallard Drake |
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| 1292 | Great Blue Heron Pair |
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| 1291 | Red Legged Black Duck |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on top right of base. "National Woodcarvers Association Member"stamped on underside of base. No date |
| 1288 | Herring Gull on Red Buoy |
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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. |
| 1287 | Great Blue Heron |
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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. |
| 1286 | Pileated Woodpecker |
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Description: Inscribed "Pileated Woodpecker by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date |
| 1284 | Herring Gull Pair |
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| 1282 | White-winged Crossbill Pair |
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| 1281 | Pileated Woodpecker |
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Description: Adult male in a naturalistic, though simplified pose, mounted on the larger prong of a smooth, two-pronged driftwood branch ; ovoid gouge-carved pine base ; glass eyes, wire legs and broadly-spread toes gripping driftwood "tree". Signed "Gilley" on back of driftwood mount near the base. No date |
| 1279 | Red Phalarope |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on carved oblong base; no date; marked on underside of base "female in breeding plumage" |
| 1278 | Bald Eagle |
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Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base. Driftwood base attached to sand covered oblong base |
| 1277 | Double-crested Cormorant, Pair |
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Description: Signed "Gillely" on right front of driftwood base. Has wall hanger |
| 1274 | Herring Gulls |
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Description: L-shaped driftwood branch serves as base for three gulls, positioned (left to right) taking off, raising wings, standing erect ; birds show totally different bill carvings, and the similar but minutely different paint indicates a transitional period (1940's?); unsigned |
| 1272 | Mallard Pair |
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| 1271 | Jumping Fish Relief |
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Description: Carved and painted fish jumping out of water painted on board. Hook for hanging on top edge. Unsigned. No date. |
| 1269 | Squirrel Ash Tray Holder |
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Description: Carved squirrel sitting on branch and holding a nut in its paws. Not dated. Signed "Gilley" on back of base |
| 1267 | Green-winged Teal |
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Description: Relief of bird in flight; carved and painted detail; unsigned; not dated. |
| 1265 | Black Capped Chickadee, Pair |
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| 1264 | Black Capped Chickadee, Pair |
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| 1263 | Black-capped Chickadee |
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Description: Smooth oval pine disc base with gnarled driftwood root ; midway up the driftwood is mounted the bird, carved in characteristic seed-opening position with tail braced downward and bill pointed at ground ; glass eyes, wire legs, and metal feet grasping "branch." Signed "Gilley" on top edge of base. No date |
| 1262 | Black Duck, Female |
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Description: Female preening on burl base. Signed "Gilley" on right front of base. Stamped "Gilley" on underside of base. No date |
| 1261 | Bald Eagle With Redhead Duck |
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| 1255 | Vesper Sparrow |
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| 1254 | Polar Bear Diorama |
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| 1253 | Goldfinch |
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Description: Carroll Drug Store sticker affixed to green felt on underside of base. "7" written in ink on sticker. |
| 1252 | Goldfinch |
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| 1248 | Great Gray Owl Plaque |
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| 1245 | Herring Gull |
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| 1244 | Black-backed Gull |
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Description: Swimming; made of balsa wood. Signed "W. Gilley" on bottom. No. date |
| 1243 | Black-backed Gull |
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| 1234 | Redhead drake |
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| 1230 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving |
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Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding small carving of an owl perched on a driftwood branch | |
| 1229 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse |
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Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop carving, tools hanging on wall next to him | |
| 1225 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle |
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Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings | |
| 1224 | Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop |
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Description: Wendell Gilley working on a carving, cormorants and herons on the wall behind him | |
| 1204 | Letter to Nina Gormley from Lucretia W. Evans |
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Description: This letter expresses Lucretia Evans' intention to donate her copy of Wendell Gilley's book Bird Carving, a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, which she believed might be a first edition. | |
| 1005 | Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) |
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Description: Addie Gilley’s created an outstanding collection of her husband’s work. The carvings that Addie so wisely saved over the years became the core of the Museum’s permanent collection. Wendell and Addie were the guests of honor at the opening of the Gilley Museum on July 12, 1981. They remained active in the museum until their deaths a few months apart in 1983. | |
| 1002 | Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) |
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Description: Wendell Gilley is a name well known among carvers and carving collectors. Author of The Art of Bird Carving: A Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, one of the earliest instructional books on the subject, Gilley was a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. By his estimate, he created “ten thousand birds of pine and paint” between 1931 and 1983. (Gilley also loved alliteration; it should be noted that most of his carvings were made of basswood.) [show more] |
