Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy It appears that it once

It appears that it once carried some sort of load atop its back

clearly drawn by her skates many times over

short vertical tear--about parallel to the dog's eye

productive life

Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy It appears that it onceNot 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