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.
Ref:- ZX136
measurements
Height:
7 in
Width:
7 in
Length:
16 in
measurements
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