Carving
- Title:
- Purple Finch
- Object Name:
- Carving
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.76
- Creator:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
Woodcarver - Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1969
- Description:
- Bird carving, Purple Finch, unfinished. Pine wood. Saw cut, chiseled, and filed into shape. Pencil mark on side and on top "PF", code for Purple Finch.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-1.4 W-1.25 L-3.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Carved by Jess D. Blackstone (1909-1988), Pembroke, NH. Jess was taught bird carving by his father, Arthur M. Blackstone, who was also a linoleum block printer. Arthur and Jess worked together in Melrose, MA, in the 1930s. Jess began a solo career of bird carving c. 1940, when he and Edith moved to New Hampshire (listed as "craftsman" in Concord Directory, 1941-42). He focused on birds of NH. Jess is reported to have been the first bird carver in the League of NH Craftsmen. He continued bird carving into the 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane Blackstone
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
- Subjects:
- Birds, Wood carving, Purple finch
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