A Hollow Carved Black Duck
Jesse Birdsall, Barnegat, New Jersey, circa 1910
Body halves are joined by small dowels Original paint with fine detail and very minor wear, thin crack in neck
16¼ in. long
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For a similar decoy see Henry A. Fleckenstein Jr., New Jersey Decoys (Exton, PA, 1983), p. 28.
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