Stunning 19th Century Primitive Working Decoy with Copper Neck Mend dog with trees Images are a but more

Images are a but more yellow-pink than actual drawings

which makes each end look rather like a face -- I am not sure if there was once a propeller attached

I haven't turned up much about Edward Loring Horn yet

especially as I’ve never seen one like it before

and I think it's my favorite of the lot--for the pumpkin on the cover

Stunning 19th Century Primitive Working Decoy with Copper Neck Mend dog with trees Images are a but moreTo my sensibilities, this is just about the most beautiful decoy I've ever seen, and really just pure sculpture to me in no small part due to this fantastic collar mend, copper I believe, around the neck, with a wonderful row of fat iron nails down the front seam; the perfect enhancement to its elegant form and weathered black painted surface. More fat nails for eyes on the head, and others here and there all over, and an old lead plate on the