BLUEBILL HEN, UPPER BAY

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Christmas model. 200-300

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Small knot visible on right side. Painted feather work to body. Painted eye detail. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. Ov

BLUEBILL HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Small area of loss to knot on side. Retains keel weight and canvas strap. 100-200

PAIR OF BLUEBILLS, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Some in-use rubs. Drake with two slightly raised nails to top of head. Hen with some minor flaking at neck base. He

RARE AND EARLY CANVASBACK HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Very good working paint, some which may be original. Good structural condition with check to back and tight check on lower neck. Retains keel weight, ring

EARLY CANVASBACK HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Traces of original paint remaining. Very good structural condition. Detailed bill carving. 100-200

REDHEAD HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Weathered original paint and fair structural condition. Some wood loss to right side. Retains weight and rigging.

RED HEAD HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Painted feather detail to back. Retains keel weight and rigging. 100-150

BROADBILL HEN, probably R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Painted feather detail to back and wing tips. Retains keel weight and rigging ring.

HIGH-HEAD CANVASBACK HEN, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Head turned slightly left with carved bill detail. Very fine typical mid-neck check. 200-300

CANVASBACK HEN, Upper Bay, in very old working paint with good strong feather pattern. Good structural condition with typical mid-neck crack and some shot scarring. Illegible bottom brand. Retains wei

FINE PAIR OF BLUEBILLS, Upper Bay. Very good original paint and structural condition. Stipple painting to backs. Hollow construction. Carved in the Upper Bay style. Retain keel weights. Signed, brande

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Possibly original paint with touch up to areas. Good structural condition. Typical hairline checks to breast and back. Possibly by a member of the Holly family. See "D

RARE AND UNUSUAL BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Old weathered working paint and condition. Check the length of back. Head turned to the left. Flat bottom construction. Retains triangular weight and riggin

EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very old weathered working paint. Very good structural condition. Retains keel weight and rigging ring. Similar in style to the very early R. Madison Mitchell carvings

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay. Very good original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight and rigging strap. Head turned slightly right. Some very minor loss to filler to top of head. 200-300

EARLY BLUEBILL HEN, Barnegat Bay, NJ. Working paint and good structural condition. Seam separation visible on one side. Lower neck strengthened. Painted eye detail. Retains weight and rigging. Overall

VERY EARLY BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Hand-chopped in weathered working paint. Fair structural condition. Semi-high head. Repairs to neck. Retains bottom weight and rigging swivel

BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Preening model in excellent original paint and unused condition. Retains keel weight, ring and staple. 75-125

BLUEBILL HEN, Chesapeake Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Solid construction. Small paint dab to back. Painted feather detail to back. Retains glass eyes. Unrigged. Overall

BLUEBILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, in restored condition. 75-125

FINE AND RARE CANVASBACK HEN from the Upper Bay, MD. Early working paint, possibly Sam Barnes. Very good structural condition with typical check at mid-neck and underside of body. Retains keel weight,

A vintage carved wood bluebill decoy with painted eyes. Unsigned. 11.5" long.

VERY EARLY UPPER BAY BLUEBILL. Very old weathered working paint and fair structural condition. Head is an old replacement. Retains keel weight, ring and staple.