Warren Dettman Mallard

Warren Dettman (1904-1979) (attr.) Milwaukee, WI, c. 1930 16 in. long

Milwaukee's foremost decoy makers, Owen Gromme, Warren Dettman, and Walter Peltzer, ran a training program at the Milwaukee Public Museum, which taught WPA workers decoy carving. The museum described the early decoys of its employee Dettman as having the construction seen in this lot with a large hollow body and applied bottom board. Original paint with even gunning wear, including a scrape to the underside of the bill tip.