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Accession # | Identifier | Title | Type | Subject | |
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| 1307 | Black Duck, Male |
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| Description: Male, preening ; signed "Gilley" on rear of base ; stamped "Wendell H. Gilley" on underside of base |
| 1321 | Pintail, Pair |
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1544 | Saw-whet Owl |
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| Description: Owl looking over left shoulder, perched on driftwood base. Inscribed "Made especially for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon , Saw whet owl" on underside of base ; signed W.H. Gilley and dated 1969. | |
1551 | Herring Gull |
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| Description: Open winged gull with metal legs and feet mounted on driftwood branch ; signed "Gilley" in black on top of base beneath gull's beak and dated 1962. | |
| 1602 | Saw-whet Owl |
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| Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch. Underside of driftwood inscribed Saw Whet Owl by W.H. Gilley 1969. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood near owl's tail. |
| 1259 | Canvasback |
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| 1233 | Pintail Drake |
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| Description: Adult male, body held horizontal and low with tail fanned and pin arched upward ; head fully outstretched, twisted upward and to the right ; wire legs and metal webbed feet ; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley '61" on right rear side of base |
| 1256 | Black Duck |
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| Description: Bottom inscribed "Black Duck by W.H. Gilley. Made for Robert Kurtz." Dated 4/18/67. |
| 1373 | Chickadee, Pair |
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| 1504 | Yellow-shafted Flicker |
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| 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] |
| 1131 | Canada Goose |
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| Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; flying adult wall mount, neck arched downward, head cocked slightly right, wings outspread; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. |
1435 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961 |
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| Description: Letter accompanying a photograph of the Bostitch Company lobby where Wendell Gilley's carving of terns were on display | |
1412 | Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1969 |
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| Description: Christmas card featuring a carving of a family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest of two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread. Marked 1969 on reverse of card | |
1414 | Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1967 |
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| Description: Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl surrounded by snow covered greenery. Signed "Sincerely, Wendell & Addie Gilley" and dated 1967 on reverse side of card | |
1415 | Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1968 |
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| Description: Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl. Signed "Wendell & Addie Gilley" below image. Marked 1968 on reverse side of card. | |
1425 | Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood | |
1426 | Yellowlegs |
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1434 | Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961 |
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| Description: Photograph of a display in the lobby of Bostitch in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, including a pair of terns carved by Wendell Gilley. | |
1441 | Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. |
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| Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "DMF, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Meeting Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967, examining carvings by Erwin Caldwell". | |
1442 | Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. |
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| Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "Helen Lay Strong - died June 13, 1995, Ed Gallenstein - President National Woodcarvers Association, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Herkimer Meeting, May 1967". | |
1443 | Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. |
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| Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. The two carvers are shown seated with various carvings by Wendell Gilley. The pintail in Gilley's hands was given to Fenner. Back of photograph marked: "'Captain' Ed Moore, Wendell L. [sic] Gilley, Woodcarvers Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967" | |
1444 | Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. |
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| Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. The two carvers are shown seated with various carvings by Wendell Gilley. The pintail in Gilley's hands was given to Fenner. Back of photograph marked: "N.Y.S. Wood carvers Convention Herkimer - May 1967 " ; stamped: "Carlyle W. Kennedy." | |
1280 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop with carvings of cormorants, heron, and osprey. | |
| 1620 | Art of the decoy : American bird carvings. |
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| ![]() Description: Drawings by Lou Schifferl. Published by Bramhall House. Signed by the author. |