Frank Richardson Brant

Frank Richardson Edgartown, MA, c. 1920 A rare tack-eyed, hollow-carved brant decoy used by Richardson and fellow Vineyard carver Benjamin Smith (1866-1946) on the Great Sengekontacket tidal pond. A rigmate begins the chapter on Frank Richardson in “Martha’s Vineyard Decoys” by Stanley Murphy. Along with Joseph Lincoln (1859-1938), Richardson made some of the finest brant decoys on the Massachusetts coast. The paint has a warm mellow patina. Original paint with a repair to an age split along the back, which has slightly separated, chips to tail.

Literature: Stanley Murphy, "Martha's Vineyard Decoys," Boston, MA, 1978, plate 71, p. 94, rigmate illustrated.