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  • 20.01.042
1284Herring Gull Pair
  • Carving, Pair, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed on bottom of base: "by W. H. Gilley" ; no date
  • 21.01.02
1525Canada Geese
  • Carving, Pair, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Pair of Canada geese on driftwood base ; Signed "W.H. Gilley" on underside ; no date apparent.
1586Common eider pair
  • Carving, Pair, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Male eider perched on carved rock facing female. Female faces forward on the carved wooden base. Underside marked Northern eiders by W.H. Gilley, S.W. Harbor, Maine. No date.
  • 91.3.1
1312Great Blue Heron Pair
  • Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Pair of adult herons on roughly "x" shaped driftwood mount. On lower right arm of the "x" a heron in hunting posture is loosely mounted. On upper arm of the x, another heron is depicted in a guarding posture. Twin metal-strip crest, glass eyes, metal feet and legs realistically painted. Signed "Gilley" on top side of sand-finished oblong base, lower right.
  • 20.01.050
1292Great Blue Heron Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley", no date
  • 20.01.053
1295Mallard Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of base. Marked "Mallard's" on underside of base. Has artist's stamp on underside of base. No date
  • 20.01.067
1309Pintail, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
  • 20.01.076
1318Common Tern, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base ; no date
  • 20.01.137
1471Ring-necked Ducks, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right of carved wooden base. Underside of base marked "'Ring-neck Ducks' by Wendell Gilley, Southwest Harbor Maine ; Made especially for Dr. Claud F. Young". Not dated.
1536Black-capped Chickadee Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Two Chickadees mounted on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base ; upper bird is upside down, lower bird faces out from branch ; glass eyes, wire legs and feet ; no visible date ; signed "Gilley" on rear of base.
1572Bobwhite Quail, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Glass eyes, wire legs and feet, carved and painted detail. Mounted on driftwood base. Signed "Gilley" on right rear of base, no date
  • 2022.01.01
1600Chickadee Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
One chickadee hanging upside down near top of branch above second chickadee perched on lower part of branch. Branch attached to carved oval wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Chickadees by Wendell Gilley S.W. Harbor, Maine. No date visible.
  • 20.01.036
1277Double-crested Cormorant, Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gillely" on right front of driftwood base. Has wall hanger
  • 84.3.1
1282White-winged Crossbill Pair
  • Carving, Pair
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood base. No date
  • 89.3.6
1305Bluebird, Pair
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Adult male and female mounted on pine and twig base, the lower bird (female) in downward crouching position, the male perched on lower fork of twig ; wire legs and metal feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on carved base.
  • 89.3.1
1274Herring Gulls
  • Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
L-shaped driftwood branch serves as base for three gulls, positioned (left to right) taking off, raising wings, standing erect ; birds show totally different bill carvings, and the similar but minutely different paint indicates a transitional period (1940's?); unsigned
  • 96.2.10
1287Great Blue Heron
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Figure permanently mounted on round footed base, intended to be covered with a glass dome. Top of base is a 3/4 inch diameter inner-ground of fine sand. Heron has cast lead legs and feet, lead-strip crest feathers, glass eyes. Signed "Gilley" on side of driftwood "stump" below left side of bird ; no date.
  • 89.3.2
1288Herring Gull on Red Buoy
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Gull in adult plumage, head erect and straight ahead, wing tips balanced high over tail, feet braced on a navigational buoy called a red nun. Glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Buoy painted with white Arabic numeral "4". Carved oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted to resemble sea water. No date visible.
  • 20.01.058
1300Bald Eagle
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; no date
  • 2007.01.01
1302Common Loon
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; circa 1950's
  • 20.01.061
1303Ruffed Grouse
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Signed "Gilley" in white on top left of base ; no date
  • 20.01.073
1315Wood Stork
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Wire legs, painted feet ; no signature or date
  • 20.01.085
1327Mallard Drake
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard"
  • 20.01.086
1331Mallard, Female
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something
  • 20.01.087
1332Black Duck, Pair
  • Carving, Miniature
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Description:
Flat bottom, swimming, appear to have been once attached to something, no signature or date