205 . RARE CARVED AND PAINTED FLYING MERGANSER DRAKE , attributed to James Walter Folger ( 1851-1918 ), circa 1870-1885 , unsigned . 12 in . x 16 ½ in . Folger , an artisan from Nantucket , was mainly self-taught . He worked briefly in 1869 as a journeyman for a wood carver in Cambridge , Massachusetts and continued to create carved animal heads , ornamental carvings and historical dioramas upon his return to Nantucket . Folger was also a painter in oil and watercolors , creating historical scenes of Nantucket .
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