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Brook Trout Carving by George Gillett

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Item Details

Description

Brook Trout Carving
George Gillett
England and Pawtucket, RI
plaque is 8 by 18 1/2 in.

A well-documented, fourteen-inch, wood-carved and painted brook trout mounted on a half-circle plaque.
As found.

Provenance: Ronald S. Swanson Collection
Private Collection

Literature: Ronald S. Swanson "Fish Models, Plaques & Effigies," Far Hills, NJ, 2009, p. 95, fig. 144, exact fish illustrated.Ronald S. Swanson, "Fish Models, Plaques & Effigies," Decoy Magazine, July/August 1996, cover and p. 13, exact fish illustrated.

Condition

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Brook Trout Carving by George Gillett

Name: Brook Trout Carving by George Gillett
SKU: 155701746
Price: 2500 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $600 - $900

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