Charles Birch Brant

Charles Birch (1867-1956) Willis Wharf, VA, c. 1910 A tack-eyed hollow brant by this famed Eastern Shore carver. This brant displays Birch's finest high-head form. The maker's ship building background is evident in the graceful lines of the bird which is out of a rig originally made for the late O. S. Campbell of the Smith Island Gun Club, Smith Island, Virginia. Original paint with some in-use touch-up and gunning wear including a neck crack.

Provenance: Roy Bull Collection Private Collection, Westport, Connecticut

Literature: Stephen B. O'Brien, Jr. "2001 Catalog," Boston, MA, 2001, p. 38, fig. 68, exact bird illustrated.

Provenance

Roy Bull Collection Private Collection, Westport, Connecticut