Hollow carved pintail drake with raised neck seat and alert head pose. Comb feather paint detail and '28' on the underside for share number 28 at the Princeton Game and Fish Club, which belonged to Merle Brown. Charles Walker made only two pintails and a dozen mallards for the Brown rig. Merle Brown's membership and decoys were eventually sold to Ted Vance.  In the 1960's early decoy collector Joe French purchased the two pintails and Joe Tonelli bought the dozen mallards. French eventually sold one pintail to Dr. James McCleery and this one to George Thompson. Measures 18.75" long.

Literature: “Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway”, by Alan G. Haid, page 83 and front cover, exact decoy pictured. "Fish and Fowl Decoys of the Great Lakes", by Donna Tonelli, page 181, exact decoy pictured. "Decoys: North America's One Hundred Greatest", by Loy S. Harrell Jr., page 60-61, exact decoy pictured.

Provenance: Merle Brown rig. Ted Vance rig. Joe French collection. George Thompson collection. Alan and Elaine Haid collection.

Original paint with minor wear; early repair to a crack in the neck; minor roughness on edge of tail.