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Canvasback Drake Decoy

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Item Details

Description

Canvasback Drake
Stratford School, CT, c. 1880
13 1/2 in. long

A hollow canvasback drake 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 "A51.72" in red paint. Branded "F.B.A." on the underside.
A mix of original and early gunning paint with gunning wear and damage to a reset bill.

Provenance: 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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Canvasback Drake Decoy

Name: Canvasback Drake Decoy
SKU: 104720944
Price: 500 USD
Availability: InStock

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