Ivar Fernlund Bluebill Pair

Ivar G. Fernlund (1881-1933) Burlington, Ontario, c. 1915 13 in. long

A featherweight decoy pair with the maker's refined form and intricate combed paint. The bottom boards retain their original swing weights with the maker's debossed "F." Original paint with moderate gunning wear. The hen has faint age lines in neck and gunning fill to shot scar on right cheek. Drake has some fill to small scar on back of head.

Literature: R. Paul Brisco, "Waterfowl Decoys of Southwestern Ontario," Erin, ON, 1986, front dust-jacket cover, canvasbacks illustrated, color plate 70, Fernlund family collection bluebill rigmates illustrated.