Elmer Crowell Miniature American Merganser Drake

A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) East Harwich, MA, c. 1930 On the bottom is Crowell's rectangular stamp, and written in script, "17," "Gooseander," and "Merganser." Gooseander was a common nineteenth-century name for this species of duck. Original paint with touch-up to bill tip and a small flake near wing tip.

Provenance: William V. Tripp III Collection

Literature: Joseph H. Ellis, Birds in Wood and Paint: American Bird Carvings and their Carvers, 1900-1970, Lebanon, NH, 2009, p. 9, Fig. 1.5, similar miniature illustrated.

Provenance

William V. Tripp III Collection