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| Guestbooks Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Guestbooks Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 3 Guestbooks containing signatures of Wendell Gilley's visitors from March 1944 - Nov. 1951, July 24, 1971 - July 9, 1974, and July 12, 1974 - June 13, 1977. 1 notebook listing names of visitors to his workshop between May 1970 and July 24, 1971 | |||
| Stuffed Snow Owl Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Stuffed Snow Owl Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This taxidermy snow owl was created by Wendell Holmes Gilley and is kept at the Wendell Gilley Museum. | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Inscribed "Pileated Woodpecker by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date | |||
| Herring Gull on Red Buoy Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull on Red Buoy Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood base, standing with right foot raised. Underside of base marked "Yellowlegs 1972" | ||
| Red Legged Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Red Legged Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on top right of base. "National Woodcarvers Association Member"stamped on underside of base. No date | |||
| Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Herring gull in adult plumage, taking off from a smooth burl driftwood base ; carved with minimum of detail; outside wing edges notched to suggest feathers; painted eyes, bill, legs and feet. W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date on piece but probably from the 1940s | ||
| Mallard Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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 | |||
| Bufflehead Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Bufflehead Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bufflehead Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Male bufflehead in adult plumage, swimming position ; head withdrawn and turned slightly to the left ; glass eyes, matte black, white, greys with minimal body detail ; blending of red/orange on head behind white wedge. Underside signed in pyrographic scratching "W.H.G." "Gilley" branded in script. Also written in felt-tip pen " '82 Buffle-Head". | ||
| Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Canvasback drake in swimming position, adult plumage, scant carved detail ; completely withdrawn head, turned slightly to the right. Signed "by W. H. Gilley 1971" | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult in swimming position, head erect on slightly bent neck facing straight forward; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley 72" on underside where felt is cut away | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Ruffed Grouse Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ruffed Grouse Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" in white on top left of base ; no date | |||
| Baldpate, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Baldpate, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Now known as American Wigeon ; marked "Baldpate '74, #28" on underside of base ; humped "clamshell" base is a driftwood burl ; wire legs and metal feet with tiny talons; signed "Gilley" on left front of base | ||
| Bluebird, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on left front of carved wood base ; marked "8/11/82, To the Whitlocks in appreciation, Wendell Gilley" | ||
| Black Duck, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Male, preening ; signed "Gilley" on rear of base ; stamped "Wendell H. Gilley" on underside of base | ||
| Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on right front of driftwood base ; no date | |||
| Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date | |||
| Greater Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Greater Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult, standing on mesquite base, tail erect ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned, and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter, 1981. Signed "Gilley" with artist's branding iron on flat side of base. Companion piece 81.1.175. | ||
| Greater Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Greater Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life-size adult "running" on mesquite base ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail ; carved circa 1977, painted and completed winter 1981. Unsigned. Companion piece 81.1.174. | ||
| Osprey with Flounder on Branch Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Osprey with Flounder on Branch Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on right front of oblong base ; no date | |||
| Wood Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Wood Stork Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Little Blue Herons Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Little Blue Herons Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date | ||
| Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Solitary sandpiper perched with wings upright on driftwood branch ; spotted sandpiper standing, body tilted downward, on carved oblong base. Signed "Gilley" on left front of oblong base ; no date | |||
| Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base ; no date | |||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on left front side of driftwood base. Dated 1966 | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Mallard, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; underside of base marked "Joe Simmons"and "Dana Fife" | |||
| Northern Cardinal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Northern Cardinal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood branch ; no date | |||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard" | |||
| Mallard, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something | |||
| Black Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Flat bottom, swimming, appear to have been once attached to something, no signature or date | |||
| Ring-necked Pheasant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ring-necked Pheasant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Relief of bird in flight; hook for hanging; no signature or date | |||
| Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Herring gull in adult plumage, standing at ease on wire legs, feet painted onto the base. Signed "by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base | ||
| Shoveler Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Herring gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Herring Gull on Piling Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull on Piling Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Gilley's stamp on underside of base, no date visible | |||
| Great Egret Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Wild Turkey Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wild Turkey Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked: "Wild Turkey made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon Christmas 1974 by Wendell Gilley" | ||
| Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; Gilley's stamp on underside of base ; no date | |||
| Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on front left of base ; no date | |||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Ring-necked pheasant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ring-necked pheasant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on front right of driftwood base | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult woodcock with feet stretching downward over face of the domed burl base ; head erect facing straight ahead with long bill pointed downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed "Gilley '80" on right side of base ; Marked "Woodcock by W.H. Gilley 1980" on underside of base. | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Label affixed to underside of base: "American Woodcock, 1971 ; Addie Gilley Collection" | ||
| Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base inscribed "Bob White by W. H. Gilley 1974 ; Made for the 'Cheevers'" ; artist's stamp on underside of base. | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: No base ; carved from balsa wood ; glass eyes, cast metal three-toed feet ; flat polychrome paint is applied in a somewhat stylized rather than strictly naturalistic, feather treatment ; Signed "Gilley" between feet below a small round hole ; no date | |||
| Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Two adult birds on a roughly "J" shaped driftwood base ; glass eyes ; cast lead legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right side of driftwood base below the sitting gull ; inscribed "Made for Hilda - Hulda Bragdon 1972" on underside of base. | ||
| King Eider Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Spotted sandpiper Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Spotted sandpiper Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of driftwood base ; no date | |||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Long-tailed duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Long-tailed duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Marked "Old Squaw (cock) by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date | |||
| Blue-winged Teal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Blue-winged Teal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse. | |
| Cinnamon Teal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cinnamon Teal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner. | |
| Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood | |
| Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of a carving of a yellowlegs by Wendell Gilley. | |
| Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace . | ||
| Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph. | ||
| Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side. | ||
| Bald Eagle With Fish Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle With Fish Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of bald eagle, perched with wings spread above fish on oval base, carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Eagle with fish by Wendell Gilley" in ink on reverse side. | ||
| Canada Geese, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Geese, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Photograph of a pair of Canada geese carved by Wendell H. Gilley | ||
| Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum. | |
| Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Brown pelican Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Brown pelican Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult male in breeding plumage depicted on a wooden piling attached to egg-shaped pine base ; cast lead legs and feet, glass eyes ; signed "Gilley '75" on front of base. Underside of base marked: "Hilda and Hulda Bragdon, 1975" and signed "by Wendell Gilley" | ||
| Red Knot Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Red Knot Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked "Knot by W. H. Gilley approx 1946." | ||
| House Wren Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  House Wren Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult bird balances on the front face of burl base with wire legs and toes with talons clutching downward ; deeply arched back with vertical tail and bill pointing almost to sky. Glass eyes. Signed "Gilley/'78" on top edge of base. Underside of base marked "House Wren 1978, #34" and stamped "Wendell H. Gilley". | ||
| Hermit Thrush Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Hermit Thrush Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Glass eyes ; wire and metal feet and legs ; feet are atop a "stump" of a small branch mounted in turn on a carved pine base. Underside of base marked "Hermit Thrush by Wendell Gilley 1977. | ||
| Blue Jay with Acorn Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Blue Jay with Acorn Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Blue jay with real acorn in its beak perched on driftwood branch on oval base ; wire and metal legs and feet ; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley" on front of base ; no date | |||
| Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked: "Puffin by W. H. Gilley " ; signature "Gilley" burned into bottom of base | ||
| Belted Kingfishers, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Belted Kingfishers, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked "Belted Kingfishers by Wendell Gilley 1977. Also stamped "W.H. Gilley" | ||
| Ring-necked Ducks, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ring-necked Ducks, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Duck Scene Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Duck Scene Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Carved and painted scene of a mallard duck landing on water | ||
| Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult male roadrunner in a typical "striding" position, head outstretched with slightly dropped wings. Minimal carved detail, more developed painted detail. Glass eyes, wire legs, metal feet. Mounted on oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted. Marked on underside of base in ballpoint pen: "Road Runner"; signed "Gilley" on lower edge of top of base. No date | |||
| Mallard Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Carving of a half-bodied mallard duck in flight superimposed on a painted scene of shoreline and water ; duck approximately seven inches long, six inches high ; both legs are broken off and missing ; traces of practice painting on reverse ; edges painted silver ; signed bottom right "Gilley" | |||
| Bald Eagle Family Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Family Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest containing two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread ; signed "Gilley" on base ; no visible date | |||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Mallard male on long driftwood base ; underside of base inscribed "Wendell Gilley approx. 1940s" | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-capped Chickadee Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Chickadee with head down perched on driftwood branch attached to carved oval wooden base ; glass eyes, wire legs and feet ; signed "Gilley" on rear left of base ; no date visible | |||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Male mallard mounted on driftwood attached to smooth painted wooden base ; signed "Gilley" in light grey on front of base; no visible date | |||
| Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Owl looking over left shoulder, perched on driftwood base. Inscribed "Made especially for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon , Saw whet owl" on underside of base ; signed W.H. Gilley and dated 1969. | ||
| Wood Duck, Group Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wood Duck, Group Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size group of four; two males, two females on driftwood branch mounted on smooth oblong wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Wood Ducks by Wendell Gilley 1976". | ||
| Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Open winged gull with metal legs and feet mounted on driftwood branch ; signed "Gilley" in black on top of base beneath gull's beak and dated 1962. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Glass eyes, wire legs and feet, carved and painted detail. Mounted on driftwood base. Signed "Gilley" on right rear of base, no date | |||
| Patterns by Wendell Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Patterns by Wendell Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Loose-leaf binder containing photocopies of bird carving patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley. Index of patterns in front pocket of binder. | ||
| Chickadee Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Chickadee Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch. Underside of driftwood inscribed Saw Whet Owl by W.H. Gilley 1969. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood near owl's tail. | ||
| Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base by single screw. Underside of base inscribed Saw-whet Owl 1/2 life size made for Mary Holmes 1973. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood branch. | ||
| Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Great blue heron standing on driftwood branch. Metal legs and feet. Branch signed "Gilley '73" near feet. Underside inscribed "Gt. Blue Heron", "Addie Gilley", | ||
| Quail Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Quail Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Quail standing on mound shaped wooden base, one leg lifted. Very faded signature on underside of base. No date visible. | |||
| Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature flying black duck; upper wing wired for hanging; no legs, marked underside of right wing: “Addie Gilley,” underside of left wing: “Black duck, Gilley.” Carved and painted detail of plumage; Early 10 birds. | ||
| Upland Plover Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Upland Plover Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on driftwood base, standing erect, left leg raised, head turned right; glass eyes, metal legs, burnt, carved and painted detail. Signed “Addie Gilley, Upland Plover, 1974, W.H Gilley” on underside of base. Small cracks at juncture of legs and body. Also called upland sandpiper. Companion piece no. 81.1.98. | ||
| King Eider, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  King Eider, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; flying carving, wire screwed into body for hanging; glass eyes, painted details of plumage and feet, some carved feather detail in wings; incorrect beak detail; artist copied from painting w/o front perspective. Signed: "Gilley" on white upper flank patch; "Addie Gilley" marked on underside of breast. Companion pieces: 81.1.15, 81.1.16. | ||
| King Eider, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  King Eider, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; Flying, screw eye in body for hanging, one extra hole present beneath screw eye; painted eyes, carved feet, feather detail carved into wings and tail, King Eider beak marking absent. Carved after the fashion of A. J. Dando's birds owned by Caroll Tyson. Signed: "Gilley," on underside of upper wing; Marked "Addie Gilley," on underside of lower wing. | ||
| King Eider, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  King Eider, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; flying, wire screwed into body for hanging; glass eyes, painted feet and plumage, carved feather detail in wings. Signed "Giley," under left wing; marked "Addie Gilley." | ||
| Barn Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Barn Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 1/5 life size; on natural wooden base, hunched over as if watching for prey, toes positioned, 3 point back instead of natural 2:2; glass eyes, painted and carved detail. Signed: "Gilley '76" on right of base. Underside marked "Barn Owl by W.H. Gilley, Addie Gilley 1976." | ||
| Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 1/4 life size; folded wings, perched on natural base; glass eyes, painted, semi-detailed plumage markings. Signed: "Gilley '73" on right side of base. | ||
| Long-eared Owl with Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Long-eared Owl with Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Two carvings, 1/3 Life size (chickadee is in proportion to owl); mounted on natural wood, owl at bottom facing forward, chickadee perched on branch to the left and above the owl. On owl, two toes forward and two backward; no feet on chickadee; glued onto branch, Chickadee has pinhead black eyes, owl has glass eyes, both with painted and carved detail. Signed: "Gilley '72"; marked "l. eared owl," on underside of base. | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; perched in downward stance on twig attached to carved wooden oblong base ; glass eyes, metal feet/legs ; blue paint partially rubbed off of head, back, and sides to give natural effect. Signed: "Gilley '76" on right side of base. Underside numbered "5." | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on pear-shaped carved wooden base, perched sideways on branch, head turned forward; glass eyes. Signed "Gilley '76" on lower right. Underside marked: "Blue Bird by W.H Gilley 1976, 15." | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size adult in semi-upright stance, perched on twig attached to pear-shaped carved wooden base; glass eyes, has "observant look" ; metal legs/feet ; painted detail. Signed on base: "Gilley, '76." Underside marked: "Addie Gilley, 1976, 10." | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size, slightly oversized; perched on twig, mounted on carved oblong wooden base, horizontal stand, facing forward; glass eyes. Signed: "Gilley, '76" on right side of base, number 4 of 16. Underside marked "4 Addie Gilley." | ||
| Ruffed Grouse, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ruffed Grouse, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature male in display; head turned towards left, left foot forward on pear-shaped smooth wooden base; glass eyes, wire legs, highly detailed plumage; multi-piece. Signed and marked under base: "Gilley, 1946, Ruffed Grouse, Addie Gilley." | ||
| Woodcock Pair with Two Chicks Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Pair with Two Chicks Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature group on natural wooden base: male upright, wings hanging down, wire legs, painted feet; female nestled on wood, chicks between parent birds. Great degree of painted detail depicting adult and immature plumage. Signed "Gilley" on right side of base, underside marked: "Addie Gilley, Gilley." | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pileated Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 1/4 life size; perched on driftwood mounted on carved wooden base, toes inaccurate: three front one rear instead of two and two; glass eyes, painted wired feet, painted detail. Signed lower right of natural wood: "Gilley." Underside of base marked: "Addie Gilley, Pileated Woodpecker, 1970, W.H. Gilley." | ||
| Wood Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wood Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mature male, upright posture facing forward, 3-D feet on triangular natural wood base; glass eyes, breeding plumage, painted detail. Signed on side: "Gilley." Underside of base marked "1966. Addie Gilley." | ||
| American Goldeneye Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Goldeneye Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature male ; mounted on oblong smooth wood base, upright posture facing forward; glass eyes, metal legs and feet. Signed on side of base: "Gilley." Underside of base marked: "Addie Gilley, Am. Goldeneye." | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; adult bird, upright posture facing forward; painted plumage and feet, wire legs set into smooth mound wood base. Signed: "Woodcock, by W.H Gilley," on underside of base; marked: "Addie Gilley." | ||
| Short-eared Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Short-eared Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 1/5 Life size; perched on natural wood, incorrect toes (3 front, 1 back,) head turned over left shoulder; glass eyes, 3-D feet, painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on right side of base, underside of base marked "Addie Birthday 1972." | ||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; head and body one piece, wire legs set into round, black base, feet painted, semi-detailed. Marked on underside of base: "Mallard, W.H. Gilley, First Bird, Made 1930, Addie Gilley." First bird carving by Wendell H. Gilley. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; legs set into carved, brown mound base; glass eyes, painted feet and detail. Marked "Addie Gilley, Bob White by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ring-necked Pheasant, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; legs set into carved, grey mound base; glass eyes, painted feet and detail. Marked "Addie Gilley, Pheasant by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Turkey, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Turkey, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; standing, face forward, legs set into carved, grey mound base; glass eyes, paint brush bristle "beard"; wattle detail carved in; painted plumage and feet. Marked "Addie Gilley, Turkey by W.H Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on carved, black mound base; glass eyes, painted plumage and feet. Marked "Addie Gilley, Puffin by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; standing, head turned right, mounted on grey mound base; glass eyes, painted plumage, carved feet, carved detail of tail and feathers. Signed "Gilley, 1960," marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniatures; mounted on carved, oblong, brown mound base, male stands upright on "log" attached to main base and has carved feet, female stands on main base, head down as if herding young, legs set into base, painted feet; glass eyes, painted plumage. Signed and dated "7/16/45, Bob White by W.H. Gilley," "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Roadrunner Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on driftwood, head turned around right shoulder, tail erect; glass eyes, carved feet, painted plumage. Unsigned. Marked "Made for Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on driftwood base, standing up, neck drawn back, head turned slightly to left; carved feet, painted adult plumage details. Signed and dated "Gilley '72" on lower right side. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside. | ||
| Wilson's Plover Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wilson's Plover Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; mounted on driftwood, upright posture, right leg slightly lifted; glass eyes, carved feet, painted adult plumage. Signed and dated "1965, Wilson Plover by W.H. Gilley." Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on carved, oblong, grey wood base, upright posture, head turned slightly left; glass eyes, carved feet, painted plumage. Signed "Gilley '59" on side of base. Marked and dated "Addie Gilley, Black Duck, 4/22/'59" on underside. | ||
| Semipalmated Plover Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Semipalmated Plover Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; mounted on pitted driftwood base, facing forward, standing with one leg raised; glass eyes, wire legs and feet, painted adult plumage. Signed, dated and marked "Semipalmated Plover by W.H. Gilley, 1965, Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Bufflehead, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bufflehead, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on natural wood base; carved and painted eyes, 3D legs and feet, painted adult plumage. Signed and dated "'75 Gilley" on rear side of base. Marked "Bufflehead, Addie" on underside. | ||
| Screech Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Screech Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/2 life size adult bird; perched facing full forward on natural wood mounted on carved wooden base, front toes protruding from body, ear tufts semi-erect, screw visible on underside of limb, extra screw hole in base adjacent to existing screw attaching limb to base; glass eyes. Signed "Gilley '73" on right front of base. Marked "Addie Gilley, Screeched Owl, grey phase, 1973" on underside of base. | ||
| Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; perched on driftwood "stump" mounted on carved wooden base, head turned over left shoulder, body and ear-tufts erect, toes in correct formation on stump; glass eyes, painted plumage detail; muted colors. Marked "Gt. Horned Owl by W.H. Gilley, Addie Giley" on underside. Brass screw and extra hole visible under base. | ||
| Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on natural wood base composed of two pieces, facing forward, head turned to right, front toes painted on to body; glass eyes. Signed "Gilley '72" on right side of base. Marked "Addie" on underside. | ||
| Snowy Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Snowy Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; perched on natural wormy driftwood "stump" on carved, white-painted base, facing forward, head turned slightly right; glass eyes, 3-D feet, painted adult plumage. Signed, dated and marked "Arctic Owl by W.H. Gilley, 1946, Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on driftwood base, erect posture facing forward; glass eyes, 3-D feet, highly detailed paintings, carved tail feathers. Signed, dated and marked "Mallard by W.H Gilley; 1973 for Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Canvasback Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canvasback Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on grey mound base, hunched over, beak pointing to ground; painted eyes and feet, wire legs set into base. Marked "Copy of bird made by A.C. Crowell" and "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Pintail Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pintail Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on driftwood, upright posture, preening breast - only one in this position in this size; glass eyes, molded feet, aluminium wing tips and tail. Signed "Gilley" on right of base, marked "Addie Gilley on underside of base. Carved out of pine-head separate piece | ||
| White-throated Sparrow Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  White-throated Sparrow Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 2/3 life size; mounted on smooth mound base, horizontal stance facing forward; glass eyes, painted detail, wire legs set into base, painted feet. Signed and marked "White-throated Sparrow by W.H. Gilley, Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Pintail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniatures; pair standing side by side, female to the right, male to the left on driftwood base; glass eyes, lead feet, painted feather detail. Signed "Gilley" and marked "Made for Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; perched on driftwood "stump," attached to flat driftwood base, erect posture, facing forward; glass eyes, metal feet, adult plumage. Signed and dated "Gilley '73" on right side of base. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. One of only three miniature eagles. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; mounted on driftwood base, erect posture, head turned right; glass eyes, metal feet, adult plumage. Signed and dated "Gilley '73" on right side of base. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. One of only three eagle miniatures. | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Dark-eyed Junco Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on driftwood base, horizontal stance; glass eyes, wire legs and feet, painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on right of base. Marked "Junco, Addie Gilley, 1970" on underside of base. | ||
| Whistling Swan Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Whistling Swan Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; "swimming" swan, neck erect, facing forward; painted and carved detail. Stamped "Wendell H. Gilley, Southwest Harbor, Maine, 04679, male Whistling Swan made for Addie Gilley by (writing smeared.) Only swimming swan made by W.H. Gilley. | ||
| Wren Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wren Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; perched on twig screwed onto carved wood base, head and tail erect; glass eyes, painted feather detail, wired by feet. Signed "Gilley '79" on left of base. Marked "Addie Gilley birthday, 1979: on underside of base. | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; perched sideways on twig, mounted on carved wooden base, beak open; glass eyes, wire legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right front of base as well as underside of base. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Killdeer Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Killdeer Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood base, body horizontal, head erect, facing forward, right foot raised with only middle toe touching base; glass eyes, carved, burned and painted feather detail, wire legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right of base. Marked and dates "Killdeer, Addie Gilley, 1975" on underside of base. | ||
| Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; adult on natural burl base, head turned slightly to right, hunched back, squatting; burned and painted detail, feet lead. Signed and dated "Gilley '74" on right of base. Marked "Green-winged teal by W. Gilley for Addie Gilley, 1974" on underside of base. | ||
| American Goldfinch, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Goldfinch, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. Life size; adult male, glass eyes, painted plumage detail, wire legs set into green mound base. Marked "Goldfinch by W.H Gilley, Addie Gilley." on underside of base. | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult nestled on natural wood base, head pulled down, beak pointing downward, toes protruding; glass eyes, wire toes, painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on base. Marked and dated "Woodcock, 1971, Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Yellowlegs Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; working/decorative decoy - disassembles into four pieces: beak, head, body and leg/base - body hollow, hinged on bottom, closes on back with hasp, head and beak can be enclosed in body; glass eyes, painted detail, single dowel leg set in driftwood base. Signed "Gilley '69" on rear of base. Marked "Only two made, property of Addie Gilley" on underside of base. A copy of a decoy pattern, one of two ever made by W.H. Gilley. [show more] | ||
| Osprey with Flounder Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Osprey with Flounder Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; perched on driftwood base, carved flounder under left talon, bird is hunched over prey, beak partially open; glass eyes, cast talons, painted, burned and carved detail, flounder unpainted. Unsigned. | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ring-necked Pheasant, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; perched on driftwood base, stands erect, tail horizontal; glass eyes, painted detail, wire legs and feet. Smeared signature on right side of base, "Gilley." Marked and dated "Ring-necked Pheasant by W. Gilley, 1973, Addie" on underside of base. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; pair mounted on driftwood base, male stands erect on right, female squats on left, head toward ground; both have glass eyes, wire feet and legs, painted detail. Unsigned, unmarked. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on carved mound base, standing erect, facing forward; glass eyes, wire legs, sheet metal feet, carved and painted detail. Unmarked. | ||
| Long-tailed Duck, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Long-tailed Duck, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; swimming, flat bottom; glass eyes, primer coat of paint only. Unsigned. Companion piece no. 81.1.84. | ||
| Blue-winged Teal, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Blue-winged Teal, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; drake mounted on burned driftwood base, head turned left, beak down; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '74" on left side of base, marked "Blue-winged Teal by W.G. Gilley, 1974, made for Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Cinnamon Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cinnamon Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size decoy; Swimming Teal, flat bottom, neck erect/back, facing forward; glass eyes, carved and painted detail. Marked, signed and dated "Made for Addie Gilley, Cinnamon Teal by W.H. Gilley, 1970" on underside. | ||
| Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on wood covered with sand simulating rock, erect posture, head turned slightly right; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Marked, dated and signed "Property of Addie Gilley, Xmas 1977, made by Wendell Gilley, 1977" on underside of base. | ||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; stands up semi erect, head turned to left; metal feet, carved and painted detail. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside. | ||
| Loon with Chick and Egg Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Loon with Chick and Egg Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Common loon adult standing over nest with attached egg and unattached chick, head bent down, beak touching unhatched egg on oblong wooden base covered with sand and nesting material; adult loon has glass eyes, carved and painted detail, metal feet; egg painted; chick one-piece, beak open, flat bottom, pinhead eyes, painted detail. Marked, dated and signed "Made for Addie Gilley, 1964, Common Loon by Wendell Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Mallard Drake Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; mounted on driftwood base, standing semi-erect, head turned right; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left of base. | ||
| Upland Plover Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Upland Plover Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; mounted on driftwood base, standing erect, right leg raised, head turned left; glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail. Marked, dated and signed "for Addie Gilley, Upland Plover by W.H. Giley, 1974" on underside of base. Also called upland sandpiper Companion piece no. 81.1.97 | ||
| Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Saw-whet Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size adult; mounted on driftwood stump attached to carved oblong wooden base, perched upright, three toes of each foot protruding; glass eyes - somewhat marred, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed and dated "Gilley '76" on rear of driftwood. | ||
| Wild Turkey, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wild Turkey, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/6 life size adults; mounted on driftwood attached to oblong carved wooden base, male on right, head erect and turned slightly right; glass eyes, wire legs, bristle "beard" - female on right, head lowered, right leg back in scratching pose; glass eyes, metal legs; both have carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood. Marked and dated "Made for Addie Gilley birthday, 1975, Wild Turkey 1975, by Wendell Gilley" on underside of base. [show more] | ||
| White-winged Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  White-winged Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life-size; Swimming, flat bottomed adult, head erect, facing inward; Glass eyed, smooth surface with some carved and painted decorative detail, several piece hollow construction. Signed and dated "W. Gilley, 1968" on underside. | ||
| Black Capped Chickadee, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Capped Chickadee, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Two life-sized chickadees on a driftwood base, one hanging upside down on branch, one standing on bottom left of base; both have pin head eyes, wire legs, painted details. Signed and dated "Gilley '59" on left side of base. Bottom of base covered with grey felt. | ||
| Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size drake; standing on driftwood base, head erect, turned to left; Glass eyes, metal feet, carved , burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left rear of base. Marked "For Addie Gilley, Green -winged Teal by W.H. Gilley, 1974" on underside of base. Stamped "W.H. Gilley" between legs. | ||
| Green Heron Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green Heron Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life-size; Adult bird on driftwood base, standing hunched over as if fishing; Glass eyes, metal legs, painted, carved, burned details. Signed "Gilley '76" on underside of base. Marked "Green Heron by Wendell Gilley, 1976." | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; Adult mounted on driftwood base, standing upright, body horizontal, neck erect, head turned slightly left; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Unsigned. Paint cracked at top of right leg. | ||
| Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. life size; swimming adult, flat bottom, neck erect, head turned slightly left; glass eyes; burned and painted detail. Unsigned. | ||
| White-winged Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  White-winged Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; swimming, flat bottom adult, neck partially down, turned left; glass eyes, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on underside of tail. Textured surface. | ||
| Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/5 life size; adult on driftwood stump attached to carved oblong base, standing on toes, wings raised over head, head turned slightly to right; glass eyes, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. | ||
| Cardinal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cardinal, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult male and female on driftwood attached to oblong carved wooden base, male on branch above female, perched, tilted downward, tail raised, female on lower part of branch, body horizontal, head cocked right. Signed "Gilley" on lower left of base front. Marked "Property of Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Ruffed Grouse, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ruffed Grouse, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult male on driftwood base, standing, tail slightly raised, feathers spread, head turned slightly left, carved, burned and painted detail; glass eyes, metal feet. Marked "Ruffed Grouse by W.H. Gilley, 1973, property of Addie Gilley, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on underside of base. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; decorative eagle, painted gold standing head down, beak agape, tongue visible, wings outstretched, tail down; integral base. Marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; flying adult wall mount, neck arched downward, head cocked slightly right, wings outspread; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. | ||
| Bald Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Decorative flying eagle; clutching flagpole in left talon with attached banner:. "E Pluribus Unum" carved and painted decorative detail. Attached hanging wire. Signed "Wendell Gilley," marked "Addie Gilley" on back. | ||
| Bald Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Decorative eagle looking upwards, wings out stretched horizontally, left talon in relief clutching shield, back has two screws and a hinge attaching banner to wing, screw eye for hanging at top and lower right. Painted in red, white and blue, with flag pole and banner reading "Dum Vivimus Viviamus." After the style of carver John Hailey Bellamy (1836-1914). Marked "Addie Gilley," stamped "Wendell H. Gilley, Southwest Harbor, Maine." [show more] | ||
| Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size pair; adults on burned driftwood attached to oblong carved wooden base, left bird higher, standing, wings up, beak agape, right bird standing, wings closed, beak closed; both birds with glass eyes, metal feet. Signed "Gilley" on left of base. Marked "Common Tern, Addie Gilley, 1976" on underside of base. | ||
| Rudy Turnstone, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Rudy Turnstone, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; male and female on oblong, sand covered wooden base with two attached driftwood pieces, male standing on burned driftwood, head turned over left shoulder, facing front of composition, female on lower right, attached to oblong base, head to ground, tail up; both have glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. Marked "Property of Addie Gilley, Ruddy Turnstone, 1975" on underside of base. | ||
| Great Blue Heron with Trout Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron with Trout Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Half size; adult standing on driftwood attached to round carved wooden base, left leg bent, neck erect, beak closed around carved, painted trout; glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left of base. | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/5 life size adult on driftwood base, neck bent down, scratching head with right foot; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '71" on left of base. | ||
| Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult male and female , male perched on carved ax set in stump, female perched on stump; glass eyes, metal feet, realistic carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '72" on top back of ax handle. | ||
| Wood Duck, Group Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wood Duck, Group Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size group of five; two males, three females on partially burned driftwood base, males on right, far right male preening breast feathers, females on left, far left female preening left shoulder; all with glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted details. Unsigned. | ||
| Screech Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Screech Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size adult, gray phase, alighting on driftwood perch attached to oblong, carved wooden base, wings outstretched; glass eyes, metal toenails, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed and marked "Screech Owl made for Addie Gilley, 1978, by Wendell Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Long Billed Curlew Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Long Billed Curlew Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood base, squatting, tail up, neck arched back; glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail, beak made from naturally curved piece of ash. Bird was originally made standing erect, then changed - two holes where old legs were placed behind present pair. Unsigned. | ||
| Golden Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Golden Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; adult standing erect on driftwood base attached to oblong carved wooden base, head up, turned to right, beak open, tongue out; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on base. Marked " Golden Eagle made for Addie Gilley by Wendell Gilley 1980" on underside of base. | ||
| Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Decorative three dimensional eagle plaque, head turned left, painted gold, made from two pieces of wood. Has screw eye for hanging. Signed " W.H. Gilley" on back of right wing. Marked "Addie Gilley." | ||
| Penguin with Chick Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Penguin with Chick Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult standing erect, chick fits between adult's feet, standing erect and looking up at adult; both with glass eyes, semi-detailed. Signed and marked "Made for Addie Gilley, Gilley 1976" on underside of adult. Chick signed "Gilley '76" and marked "Addie." | ||
| Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Woodcock Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult, crouched, no base; glass eyes, metal feet, mainly painted detail. Stamped "W.H. Gilley" on underside between feet. | ||
| Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Eagle Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Decorative eagle, head turned right, wings spread, talons clutching branch; unpainted, fitted for wall hanging. Signed "W.H. Gilley" on back. Marked "made especially for Addie B. Gilley." | ||
| Common Eider Group Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Eider Group Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; two males and two female adults on driftwood base, male on far right has right wing extended, beak is preening right shoulder, two females in center, other male on far left, neck erect; all have glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned. | ||
| Cormorant Group Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cormorant Group Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; six cormorants, five adults and one juvenile on driftwood base in various postures, all oriented towards left; all have glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Unsigned | ||
| Barn Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Barn Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult perched sidelong on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base, toes three front one back, head turned to right shoulder; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '76" on base. Marked "Barn Owl made for Addie Gilley, 1976, by Wendell Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Wood Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wood Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; male and female on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base, male standing, neck erect above crouched female with neck down; both with glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left of base. Marked "Wood Duck by W.H. Gilley, 1970-71, made for Addie Gilley, Feb. 20, 1971, Birthday" on underside. |
