BLACK DUCK, UPPER BAY, MD

BLACK DUCK, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Scratch feather paint overall and bright painted speculums. Head turned very slightly right. Painted eye detail. Retains keel

BLACK DUCK, Upper Bay, MD, probably Mitchell shop. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Keel weight and rigging. Fine scratch-feather paint

BLACK DUCK from the Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and unused condition. Fine scratch-feather paint overall. Head is turned very slightly right. Retains keel weight and rigging. Possibly from

Harry Jobes (MD, 1936-2019), a carved and painted black duck decoy, signed Capt. Harry R. Jobes; ht. 7, wd. 16, dp. 6 inches. Overall good condition.

PAIR OF WOOD DUCKS, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Minor paint rub to top of hen's head. Both with painted feather detail overall. Both heads slightly turned. V-notc

BLUEBILL DRAKE by "Dipper" Ortley, Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Very old working paint and fair structural condition with seam separation. Together with a BLACK DUCK, Upper Barnegat Bay, NJ, in old working paint

UPPER BAY BLACK DUCK in excellent original paint and unused condition. Fine scratch feather painting. Rigged with weight, ring and staple.

Upper Chesapeake Bay carved and painted black duck decoy, unsigned in the manner of Capt. Harry Jobes; ht. 7.5, wd. 17, dp. 6.5 inches. Overall good condition.

Harry Jobes (MD, 1936-2019). Upper Chesapeake Bay carved and painted Brandt duck decoy, signed Capt. Harry R. Jobes; ht. 9, wd. 17.5, dp. 6.5 inches. Overall good condition.

EARLY CANVASBACK DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Old in-use paint and good structural condition. Retains weight. F branded in bottom. 100-200

VERY EARLY BLUE BILL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good working paint and very good structural condition. Weights removed. Retains ring and staple. Classic Upper Bay decoy. 200-300

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,

CANADA GOOSE, possibly R.Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Good original paint with in-use wear. Some overpaint near weight. Good structural condition with typical neck crack and check to one side

EARLY PREENING MALLARD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Excellent original paint and condition. Solid construction. Carved wing separation to back. Carved bill resting atop back. Retains glass eyes. ROBERTS writ

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

PAIR OF BUFFLEHEADS, Upper Bay, MD, possibly by R. Madison Mitchell, Havre de Grace, MD. Both in excellent original paint and condition. Both retain keel weights, rings and staples. Both with fine sti

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

PAIR OF GOLDENEYES, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and unused condition. Both rigged for gunning. Keel weights

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

WIGEON DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and structural condition. Nice stipple painted feather detail to back. Retains keel weight and rigging ring. Overall length is approximately 14 1/

PINTAIL DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD. Very good original paint and condition. Appears to be unused with some shelf marks. Head turned slightly left. Retains keel weight and rigging.

MALLARD DRAKE, Upper Bay, MD, possibly from the shop of R. Madison Mitchell. Excellent original paint and condition. Retains keel weight and rigging

Five Canvasbacks Upper Bay, MD, c. 1900 15 1/4 in. long *****Description updated, this lot does NOT have a canvasback attributed to Howlett and illustrated in Mackey's "American Bird Decoys"

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