Miles Hancock Five Miniature Ducks

Miles Hancock (1888-1974) Chincoteague, VA, c. 1970 A small collection of Hancock's six-inch-long decoy carvings. They include a swan, a turned-head Canada goose, a pintail drake, a bufflehead hen, and black duck. Each displays small tack eyes and raised wing carving with defined primaries. Four of them are signed and dated by the maker on the bottom, the black duck is faintly initiled M.H. Four are in original paint with minimal wear. The swan is in original paint with a reset neck and tail chips.