Harry Ross

Lot 514: Canvasback Drake and Black Duck Hen Decoy

Name: Canvasback Drake and Black Duck Hen Decoy
Brand: Copley Fine Art Auctions
SKU: 44opy75waf

Est: $400 USD - $600 USDSold:

Copley Fine Art AuctionsPlymouth, MA, USJuly 24, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Canvasback Drake and Black Duck Hen
Both birds are the best efforts by one of the original makers for the Wildfowler Decoy Company in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The basswood canvasback decoy has bill detail and carved secondary wing feathers. Signed in ink
Harry Ross
Old Saybrook, CT and Norway, ME, c. 1940
The canvasback is in very good original condition, a few small dings. The black duck is in very good original condition; a small cedar knot has bled
George V. Soule Collection

Artist or Maker

Harry Ross

Date

Old Saybrook, CT

Condition Report

The canvasback is in very good original condition, a few small dings. The black duck is in very good original condition; a small cedar knot has bled

Provenance

George V. Soule Collection

Auction Details

2008 Sporting Sale: Session II

Copley Fine Art Auctions

July 24, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

The Radisson, 180 Water St., Plymouth, MA, 02360, US

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