Alvin "Gunner" Meekins (MD, 1888-1974), Pair of Mergansers

Hooper Island, Maryland, circa 1950, carved and painted wood, tack eyes, iron chain ballast.

Length 17 in.

A wonderfully composed pair of mergansers with the drake in a preening pose.

Original with light gunning wear, tight age check in the neck of the hen.