Brink B. Lane Mallard Drake

Brink B. Lane Lacon, IL, c. 1890 A stylish mallard drake with a cocked back head and delicate bill and tail carving. Believed to be from a rig found in a carriage house on the Ernest Lehmann estate, in Lake Villa, Illinois. A "feather light" hollow, two-piece body with a hollow wooden head, fastened together with 19th century furniture "T" nails. Original paint with even gunning wear, spotting to bare wood showing at the head, breast and under tail. Head is loose; ever so slight body seam separation; coat of sealer.

Literature: Gary Lane Meister, "Brink Lane," Hunting and Fishing Collectibles Magazine, May/June, 2002, pp. 26-32, July/August, 2002, pp. 40-45.