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| American Brant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Brant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; undated | |||
| 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." | ||
| American Goldeneye, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Goldeneye, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; swimming duck, neck down; painted detail. Unsigned. Companion to 81.1.79. | ||
| American Goldeneye, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Goldeneye, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; swimming drake, head turned slightly right; painted detail. Signed and dated "Gilley '72" on underside. | ||
| American Goldeneye Relief Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  American Goldeneye Relief Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Very early Gilley diorama ; carved and painted American goldeneye against painted winter scene on board. Marked "Made about 1935 Wendell Gilley" on back. Signed "Gilley on bottom front. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Atlantic Puffin Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 3/4 life size; pair on driftwood base, bird on left standing erect, head turned to right and raised, looking upward, bird on right squatting, neck down, facing forward; both with glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '72" on base. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| 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 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Eagle standing over fish. Signed "Gilley" on front of base; inscribed "Bald Eagle 1982 by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. Metal fish is removeable. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base, head turned slightly left, wings upraised, beak slightly open; glass eyes, metal toe nails, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '76" on base. Marked "Bald Eagle by Wendell Gilley, SW Harbor, ME, 1976" on underside of base. Commissioned by David Rockefeller as a gift for his brother Nelson Rockefeller to commemorate his term as Vice President. The carving resided in the White House for a period. [show more] | ||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base. Driftwood base attached to sand covered oblong base | |||
| Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult bald eagle, approximately one-sixth life-size, sitting upright on small driftwood knot ; lead feet with talons realistically gripping the base ; undercut wing tips crossed over carved tail ; Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; marked "Hilda, Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1973" on underside of base | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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] | ||
| 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. | ||
| Bald Eagle with Fish Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Bald Eagle with Flounder Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle with Flounder Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood base, wings upraised, head turned left, beak agape; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '71" on base. Marked made by Wendell Gilley, 1971, value $5,000, Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Bald Eagle With Redhead Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bald Eagle With Redhead Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood 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 | ||
| 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." | ||
| 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. | ||
| Belted Kingfisher Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Belted Kingfisher Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; adult male on driftwood base attached to oblong carved wooden base; glass eyes, metal feet. Signed "Gilley" on lower left of driftwood. Underside of base felt lined. | ||
| Belted Kingfisher, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Belted Kingfisher, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood attached to carved oblong base, perched upright, head turned slightly left; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Marked, dated, signed "Kingfisher, made for Addie Gilley, 1973, by W.H. Gilley" on underside 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" | ||
| 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. | ||
| Black Capped Chickadee, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Capped Chickadee, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Almost life size; two chickadees on driftwood, both standing upright, left chickadee has head down; both with glass eyes, metal legs and feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '58" on rear of base. | ||
| Black Capped Chickadee, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature adult ; mounted on drift wood base; painted plumage, glass eyes, carved feet. Signed "Gilley" below right foot; stamped "Wendell H. Gilley" on underside, marked "Addie Gilley." | ||
| Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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." | ||
| Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Bottom inscribed "Black Duck by W.H. Gilley. Made for Robert Kurtz." Dated 4/18/67. | ||
| Black Duck, Female Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck, Female Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Female preening on burl base. Signed "Gilley" on right front of base. Stamped "Gilley" on underside of base. No date | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Black Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black Duck, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; pair mounted on driftwood base, lower duck has head turned around right shoulder, upper duck's head turned slightly left, neck withdrawn; both with glass eyes, painted detail, lead feet. Signed, dated, marked "Black duck for Addie Gilley by W.H. Gilley, 1974" on underside of base. | ||
| Black-backed Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Black-backed Gull Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-backed Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Swimming; made of balsa wood. Signed "W. Gilley" on bottom. No. date | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Smooth oval pine disc base with gnarled driftwood root ; midway up the driftwood is mounted the bird, carved in characteristic seed-opening position with tail braced downward and bill pointed at ground ; glass eyes, wire legs, and metal feet grasping "branch." Signed "Gilley" on top edge of base. No date | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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. | ||
| 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 Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Black-capped Chickadee Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Two chickadees, near life size, on driftwood, both with glass eyes, metal legs and feet, carved and painted detail ; both upright, left chickadee has head down. Signed, dated on rear of base "Gilley '58". | ||
| 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 | |||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult male Eastern bluebird ; ovoid pine base with multi-twigged branch rising from off-center; narrow-bodied bird sits on a lower twig, head turned to left and slightly raised ; glass eyes, metal feet, no visible legs. Inscribed: "Bluebird by Wendell Gilley for Harold and Gladys Townsend Xmas 1976" 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." | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size adult ; perched on twig, mounted on carved oblong base; glass eyes, metal legs and feet, upright posture, head turned slightly to left. Signed “Gilley ’76” on rear end of base. Some blue paint on base; underside marked “11;” Phillips head screw attaching base to twig. | ||
| Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bluebird Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; horizontal stand, perched with one foot in crotch of twig, one up on branch, twig mounted in oblong mound, carved wooden base. Signed "Gilley '76" on lower right of base, underside marked: "Bluebird by Wendell Gilley, 1976, 7." | ||
| 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. | |||
| Blue-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| 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. | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Almost life size; three flying adults attached by wires from male's (center bird) feet to driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base; base has metal grass, two additional pieces of driftwood, touches of green paint. Birds attached to each other with wire, upper female attached to male by hole beneath tail, lower female attached to male by wire from left wing, all birds with glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on side of driftwood stump. Marked "Bob White by W.H. Gilley, 1974" on underside of base. [show more] | ||
| Bobwhite Quail Hen with Six Chicks Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bobwhite Quail Hen with Six Chicks Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature adult and six young mounted on driftwood; a very animated piece: the hen looking down at the three chicks in front of her, the three others are exploring behind her; one chick is standing upright with tiny wings outstretched; adult has pinhead eyes; all birds have painted plumage detail, wire legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right rear of base. Marked and dated "Made by W.H. Gilley, Addie Gilley, Dec. 1960" on underside of base. [show more] | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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, 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. | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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. | ||
| Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; adult on shaped wooden "pier" attached to round, flat wooden base, standing, head raised, two fish hanging out of bill; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on front of base, stamped "Wendell H. Gilley, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679" on underside of base. Marked "Addie Gilley, xmas 1975." | ||
| Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Brown Pelican Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; adult on shaped wooden "pier" attached to circular, flat wooden base, standing, facing forward, head and beak vertical; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "by Wendell Gilley," marked "Addie Gilley, Xmas 1975" on underside of base. Companion piece no. 81.1.21. | ||
| 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". | ||
| 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. | ||
| Bull Moose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Pair of Canada geese on driftwood base ; Signed "W.H. Gilley" on underside ; no date apparent. | |||
| Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Pair of Canada geese on driftwood base ; "McInnes" written on underside of base ; stamped "1950" | ||
| Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Geese Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; adults on driftwood base; gander on left has head turned slightly left, neck erect; goose on lower right bent left with neck down; both with glass eyes, metal legs; carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left of base, marked "Addie Gilley, Canada Geese, 1971 by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canada Goose Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; 3-D feet, mounted on round, smooth wooden base, erect posture, faces forward; pinhead eyes, painted detail. Underside signed, dated, marked: "Gilley, '59. Addie Gilley." | ||
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| 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" | ||
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|  Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood base. Artist's stamp on bottom 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. | ||
| Canvasback, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Canvasback, Male Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Decorative decoy depicting an adult canvasback drake. Signed W.H. Gilley, dated 1974. Inscribed "Made for Robert Kurtz" | ||
| 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. | ||
| Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gilley '81" on right side of carved oblong base. Artist's stamp on underside of base | ||
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|  Chickadee Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Black-capped chickadee head down on branch. Artist's stamp on underside of carved oblong base | ||
| 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. | |||
| Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Christmas card featuring a pair of carved wood ducks on a piece of driftwood. No date. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley" | ||
| Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1967 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1967 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl surrounded by snow covered greenery. Signed "Sincerely, Wendell & Addie Gilley" and dated 1967 on reverse side of card | |
| Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1968 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1968 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl. Signed "Wendell & Addie Gilley" below image. Marked 1968 on reverse side of card. | |
| Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1969 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1969 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Christmas card featuring a carving of a family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest of two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread. Marked 1969 on reverse of card | |
| Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Christmas card featuring a carved barn owl on a piece of driftwood. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley." Marked "Xmas 1976" on reverse side of card | |
| 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. | ||
| 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. | |
| Clapper Rail Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Clapper Rail Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on burnt driftwood base, attached to base by left foot, standing, right leg slightly raised, hood turned slightly left; glass eyes, metal legs, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '76" on left of base, marked "Gilley, Clapper Rail" on underside of base. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Common Eider, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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. | ||
| Common eider pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common eider pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; adult standing on driftwood base, neck bent, head turned left; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Signed on right of base. Partial felt bottom. | ||
| Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Loon Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Mounted on driftwood base; standing, wings down, head lowered and cocked to right in "quizzical" expression; glass eyes, metal feet, painted and carved detail. Signed on base "Gillley". Underside of base marked: "This is one of a limited edition of only two of this model made, W.G. Common "Loon" by W.H. Gilley, 1973, property of Addie Gilley." | ||
| Common Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Scoter Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Oversize decoy made and used by Wendell Gilley and Roger Rich ; one of 24 made circa 1945. Head and body 2 separate pieces. Gilley made model, carved heads, Rich made bodies; decoys are hollow with removable, turnable heads on square oak pegs, do not swivel in water ; well defined shape with some painted detail ; underside stamped "W.H. Gilley." Smooth finish, all black body, head black, eye brown, black pupil, beak yellow/orange/blue-grey. [show more] | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | ||
| Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Birds painted in summer plumage. Bottom of driftwood base marked "Made for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1971." Signed "Gilley" on right front of base. | ||
| Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size pair; mounted on driftwood base, male standing above female, wings raised, head pointing downward, beak partially open, female crouched below, wings folded, beak closed; both with glass eyes and lead feet, painted details. Signed on front of base, marked "C. Tern, Addie Gilley, 1966" on underside of base. | ||
| Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniature; adult standing on driftwood base, head turned over right shoulder; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '60" on base. | ||
| Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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 | |||
| Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/5 life size; mounted on driftwood base, standing on toes, wings outstretched; glass eyes, lead feet, painted and carved detailed. Signed "Gilley" on front of base. Marked "Made for Addie Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| Desk calendar Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Desk calendar Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Printed date on calendar is 1955 but it appears the Gilleys reused calendar pages to record events in subsequent years. | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Double-crested Cormorant Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; adult on driftwood base, standing upright, mouth agape, head turned to left, crests erect; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley 74" on base. Marked "made for Addie Gilley, 1974, Double Crested Cormorant by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Double-crested Cormorant, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed "Gillely" on right front of driftwood base. Has wall hanger | |||
| Downy Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Downy Woodpecker Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Almost life size; male on driftwood "tree" attached to oblong sand-covered wooden base; glass eyes, wire feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on side of driftwood. Felt bottom. | ||
| Downy Woodpecker on Birch Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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 | |||
| Drawing of Chipmunk, Beaver, and Black Bear Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Drawing of Chipmunk, Beaver, and Black Bear Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper sent to Donald Fenner from Wendell Gilley ; undated | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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." | ||
| 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." | ||
| Eagles Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Eagles Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Typescript draft of a section included in The Art of Bird Carving by Wendell Gilley describing his techniques for carving eagles. | |||
| Evening Grosbeak, Male Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  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 |
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|  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" | ||
| Flying Mallard Relief Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Flying Mallard Relief Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Painted board with miniature flying mallard attached. Inscribed on back "Given to J.E. Brown by Wendelll Gilley circ. 1936"; "Presented to the Gilley Museum July 1984." | ||
| 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. | ||
| Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult male and female perched on twig, facing opposite directions, attached to shaped fiber board base, male higher on twig, distinguished by orange in crown, female below; both with glass eyes, wire feet and legs, painted plumage detail, base brown with green. Signed "Gilley" on right of base. Marked and dated "Golden Crowned Kinglets, Addie Gilley, 1972" on underside of base. | ||
| Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Adult male goldfinch in summer plumage sitting on real branch ; "Gilley" signature on front topside of base almost completely faded ; additionally underside bears jackknife rubber stamp Gilley mark ; underside of base marked "Wedding gift to Joe + Anne Bragdon from Wendell H. Gilley + Addie" ; dated Oct, 4, 1981. | ||
| Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of base marked "Goldfinch by W.H. Gilley to Jeff Morrill" ; dated 1977. | ||
| Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Goldfinch Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Carroll Drug Store sticker affixed to green felt on underside of base. "7" written in ink on sticker. | |||
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| Goldfinch pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Goldfinch pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: One marked "Made for Hilda Bragdon by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. The other marked "Made for Hulda Bragdon by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. Both dated 1970. | ||
| Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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", | ||
| Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Great Blue Heron, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniatures; two adults on driftwood base, left heron stands with neck erect, right heron bent over; both with glass eyes, wire legs, metal crest feathers, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on right front of base. | ||
| Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
| Great Egret Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Great Gray Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Gray Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: 1/10 life size; perched on driftwood piece attached to carved wooden base, owl's head turned over left shoulder; glass eyes, painted detail. Signed "Gilley," on top of stamp, marked "Addie Gilley," on underside of base. | ||
| Great Gray Owl Plaque Wendell Gilley Museum |
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| Great Hornbill Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Hornbill Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Carved at the request of Addie Gilley, who was inspired by an illustration in a book about birds of the world. Signed "Gilley" on bottom of driftwood branch. Underside of base marked "Native of India, Sumatra, Indo China". | ||
| 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. | ||
| Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Life size; adult on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base; head turned to left, wings upraised, tail spread, talons clutching driftwood; glass eyes, metal toenails, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley 1977" on base. | ||
| Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Great Horned Owl Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/3 life size; adult on driftwood base, head turned to right, ear tufts erect, 3 toes forward and 1 back; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley 1960" on lower left of base. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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." | ||
| Green Heron Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green Heron Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; adult on driftwood base, standing, neck down, beak horizontal, facing forward; glass eyes, metal legs, carved and burned detail. Signed "Gilley" on 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. | ||
| 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-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. | ||
| Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Relief of bird in flight; carved and painted detail; unsigned; not dated. | |||
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|  Green-winged Teal Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Marked "G. Winged Teal" and signed "by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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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 | |||
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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. | ||
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Herring gull perched on wooden post. No date or signature visible. Stamp "W.H. Gilley" visible under white paint between legs. Bird detaches from base. | |||
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|  Herring Gull Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Underside of carved wooden base marked: "Herring Gull by W. H. Gilley 1978" | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
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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. | ||
| Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Miniatures; adults on driftwood attached to oblong green/black wooden base, right gull on toes, head down, wings and tail spread, left gull standing, wings folded; both with glass eyes, metal legs and feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on left of base. | ||
| Herring Gull Pair Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Signed on bottom of base: "by W. H. Gilley" ; no date | |||
| Herring Gull with Fish Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Herring Gull with Fish Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; adult swimming, flat bottom, carved and painted fish in beak, head tilted left; glass eyes, carved and painted decorative detail. Signed "Gilley" and marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. Dated "1946" |
