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Accession # | Identifier | Title | Type | Subject | |
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| 1251 | Goldfinch |
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| Description: Underside of base marked "Goldfinch by W.H. Gilley to Jeff Morrill" ; dated 1977. |
| 1345 | Wild Turkey |
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| Description: Underside of base marked: "Wild Turkey made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon Christmas 1974 by Wendell Gilley" |
| 1360 | Woodcock |
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| Description: Label affixed to underside of base: "American Woodcock, 1971 ; Addie Gilley Collection" |
| 1363 | Herring Gull |
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| 1371 | Chickadee |
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| Description: Black-capped chickadee head down on branch. Artist's stamp on underside of carved oblong base |
| 1460 | Snowy Owl, Male |
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| Description: Owl looking over left shoulder, glass eyes, wire toes. Signed "Gilley" on rear of driftwood base. Underside of base stamped Wendell H. Gilley. |
| 1468 | Atlantic Puffin |
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| Description: Underside of base marked: "Puffin by W. H. Gilley " ; signature "Gilley" burned into bottom of base |
| 1470 | Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Description: Underside of base marked "Made especially for Francis W. Rawle" and signed "by W.H. Gilley". |
| 1473 | Great Hornbill |
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| Description: Carved at the request of Addie Gilley, who was inspired by an illustration in a book about birds of the world. Signed "Gilley" on bottom of driftwood branch. Underside of base marked "Native of India, Sumatra, Indo China". |
| 1638 | Game bird carving |
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| Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page. |
| 1644 | Wildlife in wood |
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| Description: Published : Chillicothe, Ill. : Model Technology. Inscribed by the author "To Wendell Gilley, with best wishes to one of the pioneers in this field. We have all benefited from your efforts." |
| 1643 | How to make working decoys |
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| Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Page 69 is signed by Frank C. Wilson, a Massachusetts decoy carver who is featured in the book. Wilson's work was for sale in the Wendell Gilley Museum shop. |
| 1603 | Saw-whet Owl |
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| Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base by single screw. Underside of base inscribed Saw-whet Owl 1/2 life size made for Mary Holmes 1973. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood branch. |
| 1604 | Great Blue Heron |
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| Description: Great blue heron standing on driftwood branch. Metal legs and feet. Branch signed "Gilley '73" near feet. Underside inscribed "Gt. Blue Heron", "Addie Gilley", |
| 1310 | Greater Roadrunner |
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| Description: Adult, standing on mesquite base, tail erect ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned, and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter, 1981. Signed "Gilley" with artist's branding iron on flat side of base. Companion piece 81.1.175. |
| 1311 | Greater Roadrunner |
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| Description: Life-size adult "running" on mesquite base ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter 1981. Unsigned. Companion piece 81.1.174. |
| 1071 | Black-capped Chickadee |
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| Description: Life size; clinging to twig in characteristic upside-down position, twig screwed to shaped wooden base; pinhead eyes, wire legs and feet, detail in color and relief; Signed "Gilley '73." Marked "Chickadee for Addie Gilley, 1973" on underside. |
| 1088 | American Goldeneye, Female |
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| Description: Miniature; swimming duck, neck down; painted detail. Unsigned. Companion to 81.1.79. |
| 1092 | Long-tailed Duck, Female |
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| Description: Life size; swimming, flat bottom; glass eyes, primer coat of paint only. Unsigned. Companion piece no. 81.1.84. |
| 1101 | Loon with Two Chicks |
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| Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; three part composition: one swimming, flat-bottomed adult, two swimming, flat-bottomed chicks; adult's head turned slightly to left, with glass eyes and painted detail; chick a's head is erect, chick b's head is down, both have burned detail. Adult marked, dated, signed "Loon, made for Addie Gilley by W.H. Gilley, 1973" on underside. Chicks unmarked. |
| 1469 | Belted Kingfishers, Pair |
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| Description: Underside of base marked "Belted Kingfishers by Wendell Gilley 1977. Also stamped "W.H. Gilley" |
| 1500 | Canvasback, Male |
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| Description: Decorative decoy depicting an adult canvasback drake. Signed W.H. Gilley, dated 1974. Inscribed "Made for Robert Kurtz" |
| 1304 | Baldpate, Male |
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| Description: Now known as American Wigeon ; marked "Baldpate '74, #28" on underside of base ; humped "clamshell" base is a driftwood burl ; wire legs and metal feet with tiny talons; signed "Gilley" on left front of base |
| 1322 | Evening Grosbeak, Male |
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| Description: Adult male on gnarled driftwood root; glass eyes, wire legs and cut metal feet. Signed "Gilley '78" on oblong pine base ; underside of base marked "Evening Grosbeak #33" |
| 1467 | Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Description: Adult male perched on branching twig on carved pine base ; wire legs and metal feet with talons grasping the branch ; glass eyes. Entire body covered with fine incised lines, deeper where suggesting primaries and tail feathers. Underside of base marked "Red-winged blackbird by W. H. Gilley 1977". |
| 1299 | Canada Goose |
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| Description: Adult in swimming position, head erect on slightly bent neck facing straight forward; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley 72" on underside where felt is cut away |
| 1290 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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| Description: Adult male, approximately life size, sitting on twig, head slightly cocked and turned left ; no visible legs, cut metal talons ; glass eyes. Signed in felt tip pen "by W. H. Gilley" and dated 1976 on underside of base; also faintly signed on top lower right of base |
| 1448 | Semipalmated Plover |
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| Description: Adult on small driftwood base ; body appears to be "bobbing" downward ; tail swept up, wing tips folded over ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet ; body covered overall with finely incised lines. Signed, dated and marked "Semipalmated Plover (Lifesize) by W.H. Gilley, 1975" on underside of base. |
| 1503 | Spotted sandpiper |
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| Description: Adult standing on weathered driftwood base, right leg retracted, neck slightly outstretched, head erect and looking ahead, bill curved slightly downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed on top of base near left foot: "Gilley" in felt tip pen ; also on underside, "Spotted Sandpiper by W.H. Gilley, 1979" |
| 1356 | Bluebird |
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| Description: Adult male Eastern bluebird ; ovoid pine base with multi-twigged branch rising from off-center; narrow-bodied bird sits on a lower twig, head turned to left and slightly raised ; glass eyes, metal feet, no visible legs. Inscribed: "Bluebird by Wendell Gilley for Harold and Gladys Townsend Xmas 1976" on underside of base |
| 1247 | Saw-whet Owl |
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| Description: Adult male sitting in the crotch of a Y shaped twig mount, body facing forward but head turned completely to the left ; glass eyes ; swirled driftwood root base. Signed "Gilley" and dated '71 on underside of base. Appears to have been overmarked '72 |
| 1464 | House Wren |
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| Description: Adult bird balances on the front face of burl base with wire legs and toes with talons clutching downward ; deeply arched back with vertical tail and bill pointing almost to sky. Glass eyes. Signed "Gilley/'78" on top edge of base. Underside of base marked "House Wren 1978, #34" and stamped "Wendell H. Gilley". |
| 1298 | Canvasback |
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| Description: Canvasback drake in swimming position, adult plumage, scant carved detail ; completely withdrawn head, turned slightly to the right. Signed "by W. H. Gilley 1971" |
| 1465 | Hermit Thrush |
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| Description: Glass eyes ; wire and metal feet and legs ; feet are atop a "stump" of a small branch mounted in turn on a carved pine base. Underside of base marked "Hermit Thrush by Wendell Gilley 1977. |
| 1260 | Common Tern, Pair |
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| 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. |
| 1458 | Brown pelican |
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| 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" |
| 1250 | Goldfinch pair |
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| 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. |
| 1301 | Bald Eagle |
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| 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 |
| 1364 | Herring Gull, Pair |
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| 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. |
| 1358 | Woodcock |
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| Description: Inscribed "Made for Byron and Maureen Cheever" on underside of base ; signed "Gilley '72" on top of base. |
| 1361 | Bobwhite |
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| Description: Underside of base inscribed "Bob White by W. H. Gilley 1974 ; Made for the 'Cheevers'" ; artist's stamp on underside of base. |
1355 | Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971 |
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| Description: Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson | |
1413 | Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976 |
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| Description: Christmas card featuring a carved barn owl on a piece of driftwood. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley." Marked "Xmas 1976" on reverse side of card | |
1437 | Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 |
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| Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum. | |
1438 | Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979 |
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| Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, discussing carving knives and blades | |
1439 | Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978 |
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| Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades | |
1540 | Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to a life size great horned owl carving. Also shown are carvings of a Canada goose, woodcock, and an unpainted pair of cormorants. | |
1542 | Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving |
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| Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973" | |
1546 | Wood Duck, Group |
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| Description: Approx. 1/4 life size group of four; two males, two females on driftwood branch mounted on smooth oblong wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Wood Ducks by Wendell Gilley 1976". | |
1550 | Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop |
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| Description: Great blue heron with trout shown on table in Gilley's workshop along with other smaller carvings | |
1590 | David and Nelson Rockefeller |
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| Description: David and Nelson Rockefeller holding the bald eagle David commissioned from Wendell Gilley as a gift for Nelson. | |
1004 | Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley painting a Canada Goose. Reverse side marked: "W SW '75" | |
1205 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: This letter acknowledges receipt of a letter and chisel from Gilley, and discusses various carvings including a spotted sandpiper on a mussel shell and two pairs of quail | |
1207 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: Letter discusses sending text, artwork, and photos for the book, Art of Bird Carving, to Byron Cheever. Flying goose, bob-white and blue quail carvings are also mentioned. | |
1210 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller |
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| Description: This letter asks Gilley to repair one of a pair of herons that was damaged in a move. | |
1211 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever |
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| Description: Cheever writes that he has received the materials for Gilley's book and that he read the new chapter on decoys and thought it was well done. He also talks about meeting carver Harold Haertel in Chicago at a meeting of decoy collectors. | |
1212 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese. | |
1218 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: Letter describing the making of 36 duck decoys.. O'brien also mentions picking up a finished woodcock from Gilley. | |
1219 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs. | |
1220 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: Thank you letter for a gift of a carved pair of ruffed grouse | |
1222 | Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley holding carved osprey in a snow covered yard, Southeast Harbor, Maine | |
1223 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop. | |
1226 | Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle | |
1227 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing in front of garage holding two carvings, an eagle and his first carving, a mallard made in 1930. On back of photo: "Wendell, Gilley, summer 1971, taken by Diane L. Kelly, his 1st & present bird in progress." | |
1228 | Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese | |
1236 | Downeast Bird Carvings Exhibit Catalog |
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| Description: Catalog of an exhibition of Wendell Gilley's bird carvings held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977 | |
1237 | Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign |
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| Description: Sign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Wendell Gilley's Downeast Bird Carvings exhibit, October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977. | |
1238 | Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement |
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| Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | |
1258 | Mallard Drake |
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| Description: Marked "Model made by Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Carved on a carving machine. Assembled + painted by Wendell Gilley." Has round label "1M" on bottom. |