Rich Alley- who made those geese --

Donald,

Those are two stand-ups (the steel legs are down through the spaces in the table) made by my grandfather in the 1920's or 30's, probably at his cottage on Newbury Neck, Maine. In his estate, we also found a first edition of Joel Barber's book, and by the looks of his waterfowl carvings, I think he tried to follow Barber's designs. He was quite the guy: trapper, hunter, photographer, and bee keeper and carved quite a few songbirds, too.

Sometime this spring I hope to post pictures of his waterfowl work, along with pics of a couple of scoters that were carved by my great- grandfather in the early 1900's, some 1950's Victors used by my father, and finally some of my old worker Blackducks that I carved many years ago.

Thanks for asking.
 
they are nice- are they hollow? you say a first edition Barber- which book? Long Shore or the decoy book- as the first on both were derrydale press- i have Long Shore but not the book on decoys- i would love to see the other decoys- they are great folkart-

the coot- what do they look like?

take care- you have a great legacy!! great that you are keeping it going-

DLHO- any of those guys ever scull for ducks?
 
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