Two Signed Canvasback Decoys

Working decoys, the first stamped "J.H. PURDY" (worn paint; crack at neck; lacking keel); the second bears a metal plate for "John MC Keag" (chip to tail, bill and head; shrinkage cracks to body; overall wear). Branded "F" for Fleckenstein.

9 x 15 in.

From the collection of the late Bragg Cox, Cary, North Carolina