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all hand-embroidered
7 1/2" t x 5 1/8" w x 1/4" d
with natural bristles attached via fine hand-stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush
3 5/16" in diameter x 5/8" deep
C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine cathedral all hand-embroideredIt seems eagles were the primary subject of Everett Pratt of Freeport, Maine, who carved this one in the 1920s or so. Ive found a few auction records of a couple of other eagles by him, from the same period, as well as a mention in a book by John Gould titled This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East that tells us Everett stood about 7 feet tall! This eagle, too, has quite a large presence I think, proudly perched, wings spread, on a cut
