Harry A. Ross Canvasback Drake and Black Duck Hen

Harry Ross Old Saybrook, CT and Norway, ME, c. 1940 Both birds are the best efforts by one of the original makers for the Wildfowler Decoy Company in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The basswood canvasback decoy has bill detail and carved secondary wing feathers. Signed in ink “Wildfowlers by Harry Ross.” The cedar black duck has exceptional painted feather detail. The canvasback is in very good original condition, a few small dings. The black duck is in very good original condition; a small cedar knot has bled through the paint; there are a couple small tight age lines on one side of the head and a few small scrapes.

Provenance: George V. Soule Collection

Provenance

George V. Soule Collection