Moses H. Wilcox Merganser Hen

Moses H. Wilcox (1858-1963) Quiambaug, Stonington, CT, c. 1910 Wilcox descended from three hundred years of seafaring New Englanders. To commemorate his one hundred and fifth birthday, the New London Day newspaper reported, "Captain Moses Wilcox, in his fishing dory, is the only man to ever had lassoed a sperm whale by the tail and beached it." Original paint with minor in-use touch-up and light gunning wear.