Lot Essay
Used at the Ottowa Shooting Club, Sandusky, Ohio
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Collection of Gene and Linda Kangas
THREE DECOYS: A PAIR OF BLUEWING TEAL DRAKES AND A GREENWING TEAL DRAKE
UNIDENTIFIED MAKER, CIRCA 1900
Details
THREE DECOYS: A PAIR OF BLUEWING TEAL DRAKES AND A GREENWING TEAL DRAKE
Unidentified Maker, circa 1900
Small bodied decoys with upturned tails, tack eyes with small white circles painted around them, early brand in underside for R. White, Ottawa Shooting Club member, decoys are also branded Kangas on the undersides.
Original Paint with minor wear on the hens, moderate wear on the drake, two small dents
11 in. long (each)
Unidentified Maker, circa 1900
Small bodied decoys with upturned tails, tack eyes with small white circles painted around them, early brand in underside for R. White, Ottawa Shooting Club member, decoys are also branded Kangas on the undersides.
Original Paint with minor wear on the hens, moderate wear on the drake, two small dents
11 in. long (each)
Provenance
Collection of Ed Johnston
Literature
The Greenwing Teal Drake and the Bluewing Teal Drake are illustrated in Linda and Gene Kangas. Decoys (Paducah, KY 1991) p. 271.