Published E.M. Sears (NC, 1885-1984), Ring Neck

Churches Island, North Carolina, circa 1920s carved and painted wood, published on page 182 of Gunnin' Birds.

Length 10 in.

From the Personal Collection of Mr. Kroghie Andresen, Charlotte, North Carolina

Former collection of Fred Farthing.

E.M. Sears made these small folksy decoys for shooting ducks in small marsh potholes behind his house. He and his infamous Chesapeake Retrievers were legendary in Currituck County. His surviving decoys are few and considered very rare in the decoy community.

Old gunning paint with some surface wood decay on the bottom right side.