Tucked-Head Canvasback Drake Decoy
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Tucked-Head Canvasback Drake
Stratford School, CT, c. 1880
13 in. long
A snuggle-head canvasback used at the Currituck Shooting Club. Bush's painted inscription is displayed on the underside. The duck's right side bears the museum identification code "A51.74" in red paint.
A mix of original and early gunning paint with gunning wear.
Provenance: Currituck Shooting Club
Walter L. Bush Collection
Collection of a New York City Museum, acquired from the above in 1953
Literature: Dixon MacD. Merkt, "Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler," Spanish Fork, UT, 1984, front dust-jacket cover and p. 66, related sleeping goose illustrated.Gene and Linda Kangas, Decoys: A North American Survey, Spanish Fork, UT, 1983, back dust jacket cover and p. 84 related sleeping goose illustrated.Old State House, "Shang Wheeler and the Housatonic Decoy," exhibition catalog, Hartford, CT, 1983, related sleeping goose illustrated.
Stratford School, CT, c. 1880
13 in. long
A snuggle-head canvasback used at the Currituck Shooting Club. Bush's painted inscription is displayed on the underside. The duck's right side bears the museum identification code "A51.74" in red paint.
A mix of original and early gunning paint with gunning wear.
Provenance: Currituck Shooting Club
Walter L. Bush Collection
Collection of a New York City Museum, acquired from the above in 1953
Literature: Dixon MacD. Merkt, "Shang: A Biography of Charles E. Wheeler," Spanish Fork, UT, 1984, front dust-jacket cover and p. 66, related sleeping goose illustrated.Gene and Linda Kangas, Decoys: A North American Survey, Spanish Fork, UT, 1983, back dust jacket cover and p. 84 related sleeping goose illustrated.Old State House, "Shang Wheeler and the Housatonic Decoy," exhibition catalog, Hartford, CT, 1983, related sleeping goose illustrated.
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Tucked-Head Canvasback Drake Decoy
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