Vernon Parker (NC, 1902-2001), Canvasback

Circa 1920s, carved and painted wood.

Length 18 in.

Vernon Parker, Ben Gallop, and John Henry Owens made a rig of roughly 350 decoys in 1927. They were some of the largest made in Currituck County. This decoy is from that rig.

Old gunning paint flaking in places, multiple age checks, wear to tip of the bill..