Lot 537: Extremely rare and early hollow pintail hen, Nate Quillen, Rockwood, Michigan, last quarter 19th century.

Inletted head. Branded, "H.H.B" and "H.N.T." for Harvey Huntington Brown, Brown was president of Pt. Mouille Club, and H.N. Torrey, member of the St. Clair Flats Shooting Company, 1935-1946. See the story by Barney Crandell, pg. 15 of his book, "Decoying St. Clair to the St. Lawrence".

Original paint shows moderate wear; compound fracture in the neck secured with several nails; a small wedge missing in the neck; a few shot marks, otherwise very good structurally.

"Decoying St. Clair to the St. Lawrence", Crandell, pg. 15 and pictured on pg. 178.

Collection Barney Crandell