Lot 0532

Five New Jersey & Delaware River Valley Decoys

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Description

New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 20th C., comprising a William Cramner Herring Gull, two black ducks, a Merganser Drake, and a Canada Goose.
Some wear.
Largest: 13-1/2"h x 24-1/2"d x 8"w
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Edward G. Bohn

Condition

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