Madison Mitchell (MD, 1901-1993), Pair of Pintails

Havre de Grace, Maryland, circa 1980, carved and painted wood, signed and dated.

Length 19 in.

Private Collection, Chincoteague, Virginia

Today, some of Mitchell's decoys are displayed at the Smithsonian Museum but most are immortalized at the Havre de Grace Museum, which he helped to found.

Original, no signs of use, some surface oxidation on the drake.