A CANADIAN PAINTED PINE EIDER DRAKE DUCK DECOY

A CANADIAN PAINTED PINE EIDER DRAKE DUCK DECOY

ATTRIBUTED TO LESLIE BURT, SPYRBACK BAY NOVA SCOTIA, C.1930

the underside with two leather loops and a printed label

13.7cm high, 36.2cm long

Provenance

By repute, this decoy duck was found on a hunting trip near Truro Nova Scotia.

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

See Dale and Gary Guyette, 'Decoys of Maritime Canada' where this lot is illustrated.