Folk Art Carved Turned-Head Yellowlegs

Lombard Jones; Sandwich, MA
Circa: 1916
Size: 7" (l) x 5" (h) (not including driftwood base)
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With it's head sharply turned almost ninety degrees this decoy was made by Lombard Jones for his uncle, Dr. Lombard Jones. Influenced by the Chipman family's hollow turned-head shorebirds that were also gunned in Sandwich's Old Harbor. Jones is known to have made yellowlegs and several peeps.

Provenance: Copley Fine Arts, Peter Brams Collection.

Condition: Very good with gunning wear, bill is old replacement.

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Price: $3,800.00

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