Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy clearly drawn by her skates

clearly drawn by her skates many times over

Smaller measures 10" t x 5 1/2" w x 6" d

though I assume it was created in the 70s or early 80s

productive life

perhaps 18th century in fact

Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy clearly drawn by her skatesNot an especially old one, but I couldnt resist it for the determined effort of its maker to fully honor the fantastic patterns of the wood duck in a most excellent palette. It is signed Paul E. Bickford of Southhampton NH on the underside of the base, indicating, I assume, that its maker was pretty pleased with their efforts, too. Theres a repaired and painted over split on the yellow of the legs; I might guess this was made in two pieces to begin