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An exceptionally light and hollow two-piece decoy with a vertical body seam. The bird displays pronounced raised wings, scalloped carving on the top and bottom of the tail, shoe button eyes, and a small stick hole. This decoy likely pre-dates the Civil War.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida
Literature: Richard W. Oliver's, "American Bird Decoys," Kennebunk, ME, July 1991, p. 18, lot 60, exact bird illustrated.
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