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Period: 1940s
Grouping of Five Hand-Painted and Carved American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decoys

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940, a very shallow flat bodied decoy in original condition, original black and white paint on head and body, and painted...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decoys

Materials

Wood

1940 Dove Decoys Locustville Virginia
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique hand carved and painted folk art dove decoys. Brass plaque reads “Dove Decoys circa 1940 Locustville Virginia”. Set of 5 birds mounted with wooden pegs on paint decorated woo...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decoys

Materials

Wood, Paint

Set of Five Small American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decoys

Materials

Lead

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