Chestertown, Maryland, circa 1990s, carved and painted wood, head turned with glass eyes, in marker signed CHARLIE JOINER / CHESTERTOWN, M.D., ink stamped DECOY COLLECTION / DOILY FULCHER on bottom.

Length 18.75 in.

From the personal collection of Doily Fulcher, King George, Virginia

Joiner began carving as a teen and soon came under the tutelage of Madison Mitchell. In the 1940s he spent time learning from the Ward brothers. Joiner would later observe that his style of painting and carving included a combination of Mitchell's and the Ward's styles.

Original.