Ward Brothers Canvasback Drake

The Ward Brothers Lemuel T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976) Crisfield, MD, c. 1936

A classic '36 Ward canvasback with a turned head and good form. Signed and dated "1936, L. T. Ward-Bro., Crisfield. Md., Lem Ward, Steve Ward" in ink on bottom. Has "L.T. Ward and Bro. Crisfield, MD" rubber stamp under tail. In original paint with even gunning wear, lightly hit by shot on the right side; tight age crack around the neck; bill and tail appear to have been damaged and re-worked.

Provenance: Dr. John Levinson Collection

Literature: Adele Earnest, The Art of the Decoy, New York, NY, 1965, p. 181. Joe Engers, ed., The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, San Diego, CA, 1990, p. 146. Robert Shaw, Call to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D., Houston, TX, 1992, pp. 76-77.

Provenance

Dr. John Levinson Collection