Live Auction 16723The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Travel and Americana
WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN
Lot 1075

WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN

CHARLES E. (SHANG) WHEELER (1872-1949), STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1930

Closed10 May 2018

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WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND HEN
CHARLES E. (SHANG) WHEELER (1872-1949), STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1930
matched pair
14 in. long (drake); 13 in. long (hen)

Thomas C. Marshall, Fairfield, Connecticut, December 1973

Specialist note

This pair of wood ducks as well as the standing drake (in previous lot) are excellent examples of Shang Wheeler's decorative carvings and complement his working decoys. Adele Earnest called these decorative decoys "the rarest of the rare."