Jess Blackstone Miniature Carved and Painted Red-headed Duck Figure

Description:

Jess Blackstone Miniature Carved and Painted Red-headed Duck Figure, New Hampshire, third quarter, 20th century, carved wooden bird with scratch-feather surface, mounted on a rock-form base, identified, signed "JB," and numbered "11" on the base, (repair to bill),ht. 3 1/2 in.

Provenance: Acquired from Jess Blackstone's widow, Edie Blackstone.

Literature: Pictured in Handicrafts of New England, by Allen H. Eaton, Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1949, plate 49.
Estimate $800-1,200

Unobtrusive repair to bill.

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