TWO YELLOWLEGS, H.V. SHOURDS

TWO YELLOWLEGS by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Feeder with very small chip to tip of bill. Detailed stipple paint to back and painted tail feathers. Maker's

FOUR SHOREBIRD FLATTYS by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. All in very good orignal paint and condition. Two are robin snipes, a yellowleg and a stilt. All with bottom placement holes and leather thong

GREATER YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Head turned sharply left. Fine detailed feather paint. Retains glass eyes. Signed by maker under tail. Moun

YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Very good original paint and structural condition. Some areas of sap bleed to breast and tail. Split tail carving and raised wing tips. Head turned sharply

YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Detailed painted feather work to back and sides. Retains original bill and glass eyes. Mounted atop a custom base.

YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Simulated shot holes. Alert head position. Retains original bill. Mounted atop a custom base. Signed by maker. 75-1

YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original antiqued paint and condition. Split-tail carving and carved eyes. Retains original bill. Stipple paint pattern to wings. Retains John Hi

FINE FEEDING YELLOWLEG by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Split wing carving. Head turned slighty left. Mounted on a custom base. Signed and dated 1998. 100-200

TWO SANDPIPERS by H.V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Painted feather work overall with paint ticking to heads. One is carved in a feeding position. Both mounted on wir

VERY FINE PAIR OF YELLOWLEGS by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Both heads carved in alert positions and split tail carving. Both heads slightly turned. Both si

TWO SANDERLINGS by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. One is carved in feeding position; the other is carved in an alert position. Both with detailed painted feath

TWO EARLY PEEPS by Harry V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. One in a preening position with raised leg. Both with detailed feather work to backs and heads. Both mounted

TWO CONTEMPORARY SHOREBIRDSAn H.V. Shourds preening sanderling and a Rhodes sanderling. Include wooden stands.Heights 6” and 6.5”.

TWO HALF-SIZE CARVINGS by H.V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ, consisting of ruddy duck drake and a red-breast merganser hen. Both in excellent detailed paint and condition. Both signed and dated 1995. 100-200

TWO BLACK DUCKS. The first is by H.V.Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ, in working paint with restored head. “F.S. LUDLAM” brand. Together with a BLACK DUCK, Parkertown, NJ, in old working paint and good con

RARE ONE-HALF SIZE BOBWHITE QUAIL by H.V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Mint original paint and condition. Raised wing tips. Elaborate painted feather detail. Mounted atop two wire legs. Mounted on a custom

BLACK-BREAST PLOVER by H.V. Shourds, Seaville, NJ. Excellent original paint and condition. Head turned sharply right. Signed under tail. Together with a FEEDING YELLOWLEG in excellent original paint a

New Jersey, 20th C., four marked in ink "H.V. Shourds", comprising, a black-bellied plover, a curlew, a feeding yellowlegs, a standing yellowlegs, and a dunlin; 5 pieces total Tallest: 15-3/4"h Proven

A 10 1/2 inch Yellowlegs shorebird decoy by Harry V. Shourds II (1930-2017), Seaville, NJ, signed on the underside of the bird. A 9 inch Ruddy Turnstone shorebird decoy by Bruce Beiber (b.1949), Cape

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER DRAKE by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ, circa 1900. Very good restored paint and structural condition. Hollow construction. Head with carved crest and tack eyes. Bill with car

FINE BLACK DUCK by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ, circa 1890. Very good restored paint by Bob White and very good structural condition. Tiny paint fleck to paint on back. Comb-feather paint to back

EARLY BROADBILL DRAKE by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ (1861-1920). Very old working paint in the Shourds style and possibly by the carver. Very good structural condition. Very full-bodied carving w

Height of tallest 12.75 inches.

EARLY BLACK DUCK by Harry V. Shourds, Tuckerton, NJ, (1861-1920). Very good working paint and structural condition. Minor shot marks to head, neck and bill. Very old tight check at mid-neck. Very ful-