Discovery
Description:
Two Carved Miniature Duck Figures, Anthony Elmer Crowell (1862-1952),East Harwich, Massachusetts, a scaup male and a blue-wing teal, each on a carved mound base with impressed rectangular maker's mark, and species name inscribed in pencil on base, (both with loss to bills),ht. 3 1/8, 2 7/8 in.
Estimate $400-600
both ducks have the Crowell stamp, and both have losses to beaks, one with a small ding to the base
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