Elizabeth City Foundry (NC), Iron Sinkbox Redhead

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, circa 1900, cast iron


Length 14.25 in.

From the Personal Collection of Philip and Susan Harvey

The Elizabeth City Foundry was the source for most of the North Carolina iron sink box decoys. Originally called the Saunders Foundry, it was founded in Elizabeth City by Joseph Saunders in the 1880s.

Some pitting and rust to surface.