Vernon Ewell (VA, 1918-1983), Swan

False Cape, Virginia, circa 1940s, painted canvas over wire construction, alert pose.

Length 27 in.

Hunting rig of the Barbour Hill Club.

When Vernon Ewell got out of the Army in the 1940s, he made a stand of canvas geese and swans for his own use. These decoys had heavy canvas and straight upright heads which provided for an alert pose.

Old gunning paint, body filled with foam.