SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy acorns which interlock to allow for

which interlock to allow for even spacing between letters

pencil and colored pencil I believe

It's the massive scale of this woman's hat that really makes this drawing for me (which

Note there is some reflection visible in the photos

Samuel Gifford's from 1832

SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy acorns which interlock to allow forI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe. I am not an expert on these (or fish, so I'm no good identifying the type represented), but my eye tells me these are really wonderful examples. The rest were exuberantly, colorfully painted, but on this one the wood of the body is unpainted except for the eyes, a very subtle smattering of red dots around the