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Herring Gull with Fish
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1946
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"
Yellowlegs
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940 c
Yellowlegs
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature adult; glass eyes, wire legs set into smooth round base with painted feet; body horizontal, head semi-erect, facing forward; underside of base marked/signed "Addie Gilley, by W. H. Gilley." Elmer Crowell copy
Eagle Plaque
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1945
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."
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940 c
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Mallard male on long driftwood base ; underside of base inscribed "Wendell Gilley approx. 1940s"
Mourning Dove
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1948 c
Mourning Dove
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Resting bird, head slightly tucked, bill downwards, tail swept up and wing tips cropped; minimal carved detail, incised wings ; glass eyes, metal legs and feet with talons clutching downward on driftwood burl base. Signed "Gilley" on top of base, lower left; no date on piece but approximately 1948.
Herring Gull
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1940 c
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
Red Knot
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1946 c
Red Knot
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Underside of base marked "Knot by W. H. Gilley approx 1946."