Vintage Life-size Canada Goose Working Decoy, Lead Keel, Painted Eyes

Description: Vintage Life-size Canada Goose Working Decoy, Lead Keel, Painted Eyes Please examine all 12 photos before buying. If you have questions please email me through the eBay app. If you wish to avoid shipping charges, you can pick this up in the Atlanta area. Condition: Very Good Condition antique working decoy Canada Goose. Hand carved and painted. Handmade seven inch lead keel. Solid wood. The goose head is pegged to the neck. Painted eyes. Carved bill. Two letters ‘WW’ stamped into the bottom. The paint job is excellent with feathering at the tail and a gracefully painted head. A metal ring secured with a barb will attach to any stringer. This is a beautiful old decoy. There are shrinkage cracks along the bottom, another horizontal crack under the neck in the chest, and a crack halfway around the neck where the head is pegged. The neck is solid and secure, as it was pegged into the neck with glue. There are scraps, bumps, lacerations, and age marks as is normal and customary for a working decoy. There is a prior price tag on the bottom. Provenance: I have collected and sold duck decoys for 45 years. I purchased this decoy from an experienced collector who retired from the Northeast to Atlanta. Neither he nor I have corrected or restored anything on this decoy. We like it like it is, a survivor. The base is marked W W. I cannot identify the maker, so if you know please let me know. It reminds me of the Ward Brothers, and of certain makers in Michigan. It could even be from Ontario, as I have seen similar lead keels there. Item: Life-size Canada Goose Type: Working decoy Materials: Solid wood, lead keel Weight: 7 pounds, 11.5 inches Length: 23 inches Height: 16 inches Width: 8.5 inches Lead keel: 7 inches. x 1 inch x .75 inch Stringer metal ring: 1 inch diameter We are ship all items in bubble wrap inside a corrugated box. You are buying the Canada Goose decoy photographed in this listing; as is. I ship to eBay-verified addresses only. Please use the eBay message system for all communications. You will pay postage, which is estimated in this listing, unless the item is marked, “Free Shipping”. The shipping estimate was generated by the eBay shipping calculator plus special handling to insure the safety of your item.

Price: 362.5 USD

Location: Powder Springs, Georgia

End Time: 2024-10-21T17:42:09.000Z

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