Massachusetts, probably Kingston area, canvas-over-wire body, alert form with high head, carved head and neck mounted over canvas, incised base of bill, glass eyes, painted wings, flange at base possibly for conversion to field decoy, collector's sticker at base, 15 x 21-1/2 x 10-1/2 in.
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, lot 171, August 16, 2014, (accompanied by copy of receipt); Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
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Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, lot 171, August 16, 2014, (accompanied by copy of receipt); Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
repaint at breast, rump, and base, wear at wire frame joints and stitching edges with associated minor paint loss, visible nail heads at neck base as made, surface dirt and accretion
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