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Beautiful Hand-Carved Wooden SNOW GOOSE Bird Figurine Signed "The Rubolinos"
$ 89.75
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Description
Beautiful Hand-Carved & Painted Snow GooseDimension: Goose – 5 7/8” tall x 5” long x 2 ¼” wide. Base – 6 ¼” long x 6” wide.
Provenance/Additional Info: Refined carving depicting a Snow Goose on driftwood base with relief carved tail feathers. Alex and Lucy Rubolino, (now deceased) were talented miniature bird carvers from Brockton, MA, working in the mid 20th C. signed, “The Rubolinos, Brockton, MASS.,1985”. This carving is an excellent example of their talent & attention to detail.The
snow goose
(
Anser caerulescens
) is a species of goose
native to North America. Both white and dark morphs exist, the latter often known as
blue goose
. Its name derives from the typically white plumage.
The species was previously placed in the genus
Chen
, but is now typically included in the "gray goose" genus
Anser.