Miniature Bird Carving

Title: Superb Miniature Bird Carving Date/Period: C 1940’s materials: Hardwood Dimension: 4”H (on base) X 6 1/4”W (bird) X 2 1/8”D (bird), 7 5/8” X 6” (base) Provenance:Signed “KILLDEER,

Three Miniature Bird Carvings Brig. Gen. Chester deGavre (1908-1993) Onancock, VA, c. 1960 quail is 6 in. long, 3 1/4 in. tall Three bases, each featuring different species, with the maker's signature

THREE JAMES LAPHAM MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSDennis Port, Massachusetts, 20th CenturyA curlew and a pair of gadwalls. All mounted on driftwood bases. Signed on underside of bases “J. Lapham Dennis

SIX MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGS20th CenturyFive Ted Hanks shorebirds and a great blue heron by an unknown maker.Heights from 4” to 7”.

FIVE JAMES LAPHAM MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSDennis Port, Massachusetts, 20th CenturyA bufflehead drake, a mallard hen, a wood duck drake, a merganser drake and a yellowlegs.Heights from 3.75” to 4.

Miniature bird carvings. Collection includes: pheasant by Robert Morse, 2 birds by Restwart (one with broken beak), 2 birds by Florence Johnson, Yellow Warbler by P. Peltz, 2 cardinals by Roy Shehorn,

THREE JAMES LAPHAM MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSDennis Port, Massachusetts, Mid-20th CenturyA male ring-necked pheasant, a male gadwall and a male bluebill.Heights from 3.5” to 4.5”.

FOUR MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSEarly 20th CenturyA goose stamped "A.M. Ransden Cotuit Mass", and a black duck, mallard drake and willet marked "BDS" on undersides.Heights from 2.5" to 4".

THREE A. ELMER CROWELL-STYLE MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSAmerica, 21st CenturyA yellowlegs and a pintail by Frank Adamo and a yellowlegs by Eric Kaiser.Lengths from 3” to 5”.

Cardinals are apprx 2 7/8" long

TWO STAN SPARRE MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSEast Falmouth, Massachusetts, Late 20th CenturyA black duck and a pair of ruddy ducks. Mounted on driftwood bases.Heights 3.5”. Lengths 8" and 9&#8221

Four miniture bird carvings, includung; two vintage miniature decoys L5" , one miniature wood duck 4" and one good half size contemporary Merganzer decoy. 13-1/2".

A.F. CLARK MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSMassachusetts, 20th CenturyA pair of hooded mergansers and a pair of chickadees, each pair mounted on a pine and driftwood base. Both signed on underside.Heights 8.25

TWO MINIATURE BIRD CARVINGSFirst Half of the 20th CenturyA yellowlegs and a mallard, both by unknown makers. Mounted on driftwood bases. Mallard with traces of a paper label.Heights 5” and 3&#82

Alex Bay, NY. 1934. Signed RAC. Miniature bird carvings all in good condition. Paint surface has some cracks and slightly soiled. 15" x 24 1/2"

Group of (2) miniature bird carvings, to include: woodcock by William Rice III, dated ''11/12/84'', the paint and proportions are perfect, (in excellent condition); and cock pheasant by Mr. & Mrs. R.

Three miniature bird carvings- Frank Finney goldfinch signed F on base, 1992 William S Johnson carved snow goose, small black bird woodburnt CW, hts/ lengths 5" to 7"

An exceptional 5 inch turned head miniature Yellowlegs bird carving with extended wings by James Lapham (1909-1987), Dennisport, Cape Cod, MA., signed on the bottom of the base. Original paint with mi

Miniature duck and Canada Geese signed bird carvings. Pieces by Dorothy Brown, goose by R. W. Means, John F. Rider, one inscribed "AJ" on side of base, C. Holmes 1949, 2 ducks by Restwart, and a pair

Chillicothe IL, hummingbird, nuthatch signed & dated 1985, miniature king fisher, all in excellent condition & highly detailed feather carving, sizes range 5"L - 9"T, est. 300 - 500

An Inuit Eskimo miniature carving of a polar bear. Signed L (Leo) Kunnuk. Measures 3" x 1" x 1.5" high. Together with 6 carved and scrimshawed birds, standing approximately 1.25" high, initial signed

Glendora, NJ, 1 life-sized Virginia rail & 1 sora rail, glass eyes, mint original paint with metal legs, mounted on wooden bases, signed on bottom, 7"L - 8"L x 6"T, 1 miniature robin, painted eyes, in

TEN BIRD CARVINGS20th/21st CenturyFour shorebirds and a miniature pintail by Irving Torry, and two miniature geese, a miniature green-winged teal, a peep and a three-quarter size wood duck drake.Heigh

American, late 20th Century. A rooster, a miniature bird, and a miniature chick. 2" - 6.5"h.