Rare and outstanding working swan. St. Clair Flats style body is thinly hollowed with 1/4" bottom board and elegantly carved, two-piece head and neck. Branded 'F.H. Walker', for the rig of Franklin Hiram Walker, St. Clair Flats Shooting Company member from 1890-1914. One of only a handful known to exist and believed to be the only one in original paint. Measures 21" long, 18.5" tall.

Literature: "Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway", by Alan G. Haid, page 65, exact decoy pictured. "Waterfowl Decoys of Michigan and the Lake St. Clair Region", by Clune Walsh and Loweel G. Jackson, color plate 9 and 17, exact decoy pictured. "Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles", by Donna Tonelli, page 113, exact decoy pictured. "Decoys: North America's One Hundred Greatest", by Loy S. Harrell Jr., page 100-101, exact decoy pictured. "Detroit Decoy Dynasty - The Factory Decoys of Petersen, Dodge, and Mason", by Ron Sharp and Bill Dodge, pages 122 and 123, exact decoy pictured.

Provenance: Rig of Franklin Hiram Walker, St. Clair Flats Shooting Company member. Purchased from the St. Clair Flats Shooting Company by Bernard Crandell and Judge Harry Seitz. Alan and Elaine Haid collection.

Original paint with moderate flaking and wear, mostly around neck seat, where most of the original filler has flaked away; surface is mellowed to a pleasing patina with age; minor separation at neck seam; crack with small amount of filler added in upper neck; hairline cracks in breast and one along the back.