Birdsall Ridgeway Hollow Swimming Brant Pair

Birdsall Ridgeway (1880-1952) Barnegat, NJ, 1935 21 in. long

A rare swimming brant pair by this Barnegat carver, whose works relate stylistically to those of Sam Soper (1863-1943). A brant with similar paint and two Canada geese by this maker are held in the Shelburne Museum Collection in Vermont. In 1958 the Shelburne Museum's sleeping brant was included in a touring exhibition of folk art sponsored by the U.S. Government in South America. Typical for the rig, original feathering on back, working repaint mostly to black and white, gunning wear. Second heads by the maker also typical for the rig.

Provenance: William K. du Pont Collection

Literature: David S. Webster and William Kehoe, "Decoys at Shelburne Museum," Shelburne, VT, 1961, p. 95, related example illustrated.

Provenance

William K. du Pont Collection