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272 Atlantic Salmon
273 Atlantic Salmon
JOHN TULLY (1862-1931) FOCHABERS, SCOTLAND, 1913 plaque is 19 1/4 by 56 1/2 in.
plaque is 13 by 44 in.
A thirty-three-inch-long, half-model fish carving, with the following painted inscription: “Ct. (Caught) by Wm. Smith, Manasquan, River Spey, March 25th, 1946, 15 lbs 3 oz.” on a rectangular wooden plaque. Upper section of pectoral fin has been reset. Plaque has an age crack and craquelure.
John Tully learned his trade as John Russell’s (18191893) assistant and gradually became a master carver in his own right. His wife Dhuie (1862-1950), who was John Russell’s daughter, painted nearly all of his carvings. Their work closely resembles that of Russell; however, their carvings are typically fuller, measuring two inches in thickness. Tully’s intricately carved fins coupled with Dhuie’s realistic use of paint (note the scales and black spots above the lateral line) combined to make their trophy carvings the most sought after in Scotland. Today their works are cherished by anglers and folk art collectors around the globe.
$800 - $1,200
274 Brook Trout LAWRENCE IRVINE (1918-1998) WINTHROP, ME, C. 1950 plaque is 12 by 28 in.
A trophy nineteen-and-one-half-inch-long brook trout carving on a faux-birchbark, beveled-edge plaque. Signed on the back. Original paint with minimal wear.
Inscribed along the bottom of the oak plaque with black lettering: “40 1/2 lbs. Caught by B.A.T. Sand River, 1913. Length 48 inches. Girth 26 1/2 - (inches).” Original paint with wear, reset pectoral and pelvic fins with some small chips, pectoral has wash, and a chip to the upper end of the caudal fin.
$1,000 - $2,000
275 Birch Bark Canoe C. 1910 9 by 42 by 9 1/2 in.
Ronald Swanson, Fish Models: An Exhibition, Salisbury, MD, 1997, pp. 2-3. LITERATURE:
An early birchbark canoe model with painted decoration and inscribed “Warre Kwi Chich.” A couple of wooden ribs have separated from the model. As found.
$6,000 - $9,000
$2,000 - $3,000
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