Elmer Crowell Sanderling Pair

A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) East Harwich, MA, c. 1910 Rare matched pair of sanderlings by New England's most famous maker. Very few of these "palm sized" gunning birds are known to have survived. A famous example resides in a private New England collection and another example resided in the John H. Hillman Collection. Remnants of original paint mostly worn to bare wood along their backs. One bird has a bill tip missing, a few age lines along the breast and some possible minor putty fill around eyes.