Brink B. Lane Carriage-house Mallard Drake

Brink Lane (attr.) Lacon, IL, c. 1890 14 1/2 in. long

A stylish mallard drake with a cocked-back head and delicate bill and tail carving. This carving is 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 and head is slightly loose.

Provenance: Carriage House Rig Private Collection

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

Provenance

Carriage House Rig Private Collection