OUTSTANDING PAIR OF RUDDY DUCKS by Bob White, Tullytown, PA. Excellent original paint and condition. A true matched pair with raised carved wing tips and broad fluted tail carving. Both bills, with cupped carved undersides, have carved nostrils, mandibles and nails. Detailed painted feather work overall with stipple paint to crowns of heads. Carved breasts with detailed paint ticking. Both heads slightly turned and retain shoe button eyes. Both retain signature triangular weights. Both signed by maker and dated 2001. Overall length of both is approximately 10 3/4 inches. For additional information, see "Decoy Magazine," September/October 1990, "New Jersey Decoys" by H. Fleckenstein, Jr., page 216, and the Burlington County Historical Society, "The Bob White Collection." A fine and rare pair by this noted carver. 1500-1800