Hollow Nantucket Black Duck Decoy
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Hollow Nantucket Black Duck
Nantucket, MA, c. 1850
15 1/2 in. long
A hollow black duck with a thin tail and incised eye and bill detail. This apparently unique carving has an applied bottom board, a feature rarely seen in New England.
Original paint with gunning wear, some chipping to nail insertion at top of head, cracks in back of neck and in lower breast.
Provenance: Lew Horton Collection
Literature: John and Shirley Delph, "New England Decoys," Exton, PA, 1981, pp. 86 and 104, closely related merganser illustrated twice.
Nantucket, MA, c. 1850
15 1/2 in. long
A hollow black duck with a thin tail and incised eye and bill detail. This apparently unique carving has an applied bottom board, a feature rarely seen in New England.
Original paint with gunning wear, some chipping to nail insertion at top of head, cracks in back of neck and in lower breast.
Provenance: Lew Horton Collection
Literature: John and Shirley Delph, "New England Decoys," Exton, PA, 1981, pp. 86 and 104, closely related merganser illustrated twice.
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Hollow Nantucket Black Duck Decoy
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