Ward Brothers Bluebill Pair With Poems

The Ward Brothers Lemuel T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976) Crisfield, MD, 1972 14 in. long

Lem was a poet and a carver. The duo both have dramatically turned heads and fine paint detail. Both are signed by Lem and Steve, dated, and each bears a poem. The poem upon the hen reads, “Just think some night a star will gleam upon a cold gray stone and trace a name in silvery beams and ‘low’ will be your own.” The drake's poem reads, “To those who’s love and loyalty shared I can but offer this small legacy That when I to some other shore have fared I still may live again in memory. Lem Ward." Original paint with light wear.