Superbly Painted and Carved Decoy Duck
This is a good 19th Century Decoy carved in Fruit Wood, the feathers and features are delicately painted in quite fine detail, he has carved eyes, this is a very talented painted piece, not the original colours there is a little scuffing to the paint
The decoy is 16” long beak to tail, 7” high and 7” wide
Zx136
declaration
Elmgarden has clarified that the Superbly Painted and Carved Decoy Duck (LA510443) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 19th century