Charles Nelson Barnard (MD, 1876-1958), Hen Canvasback

Havre de Grace, Maryland, circa 1910, carved and painted wood, branded JP on bottom.

Length 15 in.

From the hunting rig of Joel Boone Pusey of Swan Creek in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Wonderful high head form.

Old gunning paint, professional repair to a neck crack, bill has a horizontal crack.