Harry B. Boice Ruddy Turnstone

Harry B. Boise (1880-1966) Absecon, NJ, c. 1900 A solid two-piece shorebird with a Mackey Collection stamp on the underside. Original paint with light gunning wear, old small chips around splined bill, and minor shrinkage at neck seam.

Provenance: William J. Mackey, Jr. Collection Private Collection

Literature: Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc., "Very Rare and Important American Bird Decoys from the Collection of the Late William J. Mackey, Jr., of Belford, New Jersey," Hyannis, MA, Session VI, 1974, lot 566, exact decoy illustrated. John M. Levinson and Somers G. Headley, "Shorebirds," Centreville, MD, 1991, p. 90, plate 6-31, rigmate illustrated.

Provenance

William J. Mackey, Jr. Collection Private Collection