PAIR OF NANTUCKET BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYS Circa 1890 Lengths 11”.

PAIR OF NANTUCKET BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYSCirca 1890Maker unknown. Hollow-carved. Original bills. Carved wings. Hit with shot.Lengths 11”.

NANTUCKET PLOVER DECOYCirca 1890Maker unknown. Original paint, including painted eyes. Original bill. Carved wings. Hit with shot.Length 9.5".

An 8 1/2 inch smaller size Plover shorebird decoy, circa 1890. In old paint with wear to include some cracks.

Height of tallest 12.75 inches.

NANTUCKET PLOVER DECOYCirca 1900Maker unknown. Glass eyes. Original paint. Hit with shot.Length 9”.

JOE LINCOLN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER DECOYAccord, Massachusetts, 1859-1938Together with a Massachusetts plover decoy, maker unknown, in original paint with heavy varnish and considerable wear. Early Linco

Black-Bellied Plover Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920) Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1890 9 3/4 in. long A plover in breeding plumage. Strong original paint with light gunning wear. Provenance: The Johnson Collection

Black-Bellied Plover John McAnney (1866-1949) New Gretna, NJ, c. 1910 11 in. long A plump plover decoy with pronounced head carving. Original paint with moderate gunning wear and filled chip to unders

Black-Bellied Plover Joel Barkalow (est. 1853-1931) Forked River, NJ, c. 1890 8 in. long This decoy displays a similar dropped-head position to the willet featured in Doherty's "Classic New Jersey Dec

Height 11.5 inches.

Circa 1910, likely New Jersey. Chip carved and nicely painted with early surface. H12" Sold from the collection of a Charleston Gentleman and Lady.

An 11 inch running Black-Bellied Plover shorebird decoy with painted eyes and a split tail. Original paint with wear, to include wing tip and tail chips.

An 11 1/2 inch Black-Bellied Plover decoy from a New England collection. Exhibits tack eyes, incised wing outline detail and a split tail. Original paint with wear applied by the

Early, and probably original, paint. Shot marks. Bill appears to be original. Length appx. 10", height with base appx. 13".

RIG OF SIX TIN LIFE-SIZE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER FOLDING DECOYSLate 19th CenturyContained in tin box stenciled “BB” on side. Includes original sticks. Length of decoys is 10”. Box measu

Two Carved Wooden Sandpiper Decoys: Each without legs or stand. Painted in black and white. Someone labeled both 'black bellied plover'. 11" $30 - $40

An 11 inch Plover shorebird decoy from Nantucket, circa 1870 with narrow square nail bill and tack eyes. Old paint with gunning wear.

A PAIR OF RUSSIAN LACQUERWARE BOXES. One round with fitted cover, circa 1890; the other rectangular with hinged lid, Soviet period. Diameter 4.5 inches (11.5 cm), length 6 inches (15.5 cm). SHIPPING

Madison Mitchell (MD, 1901-1993), Pair of Black DucksHavre de Grace, Maryland, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood, one decoy is signed "R. Madison Mitchell Havre de Grace, MD 1945." Length 17 in. ea

Black-Bellied Plover Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920) Tuckerton, NJ, c. 1900 10 in. long Mackey's inked inscription on the underside reads "Tuckerton NJ, Shourdes [sic]." Though attributed to the work of

A 9 inch Black-Bellied Plover shorebird decoy with tack eyes. Original paint with even wear, flaking and replaced bill.

Black-Bellied Plover c. 1900 9 1/2 in. long The words "New Hampshire" are inked on the side of the base. Original paint with even wear and some old touchup around bill insertion. Provenance: Wade and

A 10 inch Black-Bellied Plover shorebird decoy, thought to be from a Mid-Atlantic state. Original paint with even wear and a probable replaced bill.

A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) East Harwich, MA, c. 1910 10 in. long This well-fed working black-belled plover decoy features Elmer Crowell's plump and upright pose and impeccable provenance. It was fin