Allen J. King Miniature Green-winged Teal Pair With Ducklings

Allen J. King (1878-1963) North Scituate, RI, c. 1950 A pair of miniature teal with the hen tending to her five ducklings. The vermiculation treatment on the drake's sides is exemplary. Signed "A. J. King" on the side of the base. Original condition.

Provenance: Eve duPont Remer Collection, purchased at the Crossroads of Sport Private Collection, by descent in the family

Literature: Joseph H. Ellis, "Birds in Wood and Paint: American Bird Carvings and their Carvers, 1900-1970," Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 10, Fig. 1.6, similar miniature illustrated.

Provenance

Eve duPont Remer Collection, purchased at the Crossroads of Sport Private Collection, by descent in the family