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Northern Cardinal, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Northern Cardinal, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Adult male perched facing downward on driftwood branch attached to carved oblong base. Glass eyes ; wire and metal legs and feet. Oval pine base gouged and stained ; underside of base covered in felt. No visible signature or date
White-throated Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1974
White-throated Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Life size; mounted on driftwood base, head and tail erect; glass eyes, wire legs, painted detail. Signed, dated and marked "White-throated Sparrow by W.H. Gilley, 1974 for Addie Gilley" on underside of base.
Goldfinch
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Goldfinch
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Underside of base marked: "Foss from Addie #4" ; no date
Tit on a Vise
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Tit on a Vise
Wendell Gilley Museum
Red-winged Blackbird
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1977
Red-winged Blackbird
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Adult male perched on branching twig on carved pine base ; wire legs and metal feet with talons grasping the branch ; glass eyes. Entire body covered with fine incised lines, deeper where suggesting primaries and tail feathers. Underside of base marked "Red-winged blackbird by W. H. Gilley 1977".
Northern Cardinal
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Northern Cardinal
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
Vesper Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Vesper Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base. No date
Black-capped Chickadee
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1973
Black-capped Chickadee
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Life size; clinging to twig in characteristic upside-down position, twig screwed to shaped wooden base; pinhead eyes, wire legs and feet, detail in color and relief; Signed "Gilley '73." Marked "Chickadee for Addie Gilley, 1973" on underside.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1976
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Adult male, approximately life size, sitting on twig, head slightly cocked and turned left ; no visible legs, cut metal talons ; glass eyes. Signed in felt tip pen "by W. H. Gilley" and dated 1976 on underside of base; also faintly signed on top lower right of base
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1974
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Approx. 1/3 life size; adult on driftwood base, head turned over left shoulder, preening left wing; glass eyes, metal legs, carved and painted detail. Underside of base marked "Addie Gilley" faded stamp: Wendell H. Gilley, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679."
White-winged Crossbill Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
White-winged Crossbill Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood base. No date
Downy Woodpecker on Birch
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Downy Woodpecker on Birch
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Downy woodpecker perched on birch "tree" mounted on carved oblong wooden base. Signed "Gilley" on bottom of birch ; no date
King Eider
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1981
King Eider
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
King Eider on post ; painted sheet metal feet ; "Gilley" signature and date engraved on bottom of bird ; bird detaches from post
Ruffed Grouse
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950
Ruffed Grouse
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
"Made for Len and Dianne with love" inscribed on underside of base
Evening Grosbeak, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1978
Evening Grosbeak, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Life size male; mounted on driftwood branch attached to carved oblong wooden base, body tilted downward; glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. Marked "Addie Gilley, 1978" on underside.
Evening Grosbeak, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1978
Evening Grosbeak, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Adult male on gnarled driftwood root; glass eyes, wire legs and cut metal feet. Signed "Gilley '78" on oblong pine base ; underside of base marked "Evening Grosbeak #33"
Pine Grosbeak, Female
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1982
Pine Grosbeak, Female
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base below bird's left wing. Gilley's stamp on bottom of base
Red-breasted Merganser, Female
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Red-breasted Merganser, Female
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Shelldrake"
Red-breasted Merganser, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952)
Red-breasted Merganser, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Shelldrake"
Common Eider, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1980 c
Common Eider, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
One of five eiders Wendell Gilley wanted to make for the museum at the end of his life. He was able to complete three. "Gilley" engraved on undersides of body and head.
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1971
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Life size; adult on driftwood base, semi upright, beak pointed downward; glass eyes, painted detail, wire legs and feet. Unsigned, undated.
Tree Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940
Tree Sparrow
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Approx. 2/3 life size; semi-erect posture, facing forward, tail horizontal; glass eyes, wire legs set in smooth mound base, painted feet. Signed and marked "Addie Gilley, Tree Sparrow by W.H Gilley" on underside of base.
Cormorant
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Cormorant
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Neck extended and head turned to the right. Glass eyes, metal legs and feet. Driftwood base, no visible signature or date
Osprey
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1973
Osprey
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Almost life size; adult on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base, wings raised, tail spread, head down, beak open, tongue exposed; glass eyes, metal toenails, extensive carved, burned and painted detail. Faded signature: "Gilley" on left of base. Marked "Osprey (near life size) by Wendell H. Gilley, SW Harbor, Maine, 1973, property of Addie B. Gilley" on underside of base.
Red-breasted Merganser, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1970
Red-breasted Merganser, Male
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; "swimming" duck, head turned forward and to right; glass eyes, adult plumage, painted detail. Signed "Gilley" and marked "Addie Gilley, Red-breasted Merganser (male)" on underside of base.