Jess Blackstone Miniature Carved and Painted Red-breasted Merganser Figure

Description:

Jess Blackstone Miniature Carved and Painted Red-breasted Merganser Figure, New Hampshire, third quarter 20th century, carved wooden duck mounted on a rock-form base, identified, signed "JB," and numbered "4" on the base, ht. 3 1/8 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 $600-800

Minute paint lss on tail tip

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