Old Painted Wooden Field Decoy (with Lots of Shot Marks) wood and glass most of them pretty fussy

most of them pretty fussy

and I think would make a pretty nice addition to a wall of dog portraits (or second place prizes

" or "Stung again

but most of the drawings are still bright and crisp and clear

though it is definitely not a passive seeming kitty

Old Painted Wooden Field Decoy (with Lots of Shot Marks) wood and glass most of them pretty fussyA charmer of an old wooden field decoy I think, which was definitely put to workthere are shot marks all over one side. Im not an expert but think it might represent an American Oystercatcher with its bright yellow eyes and long beak, black head and white belly. All the better for the twist of old wire still attached to one side, which was threaded rather beautifully through three nailed loops. 14 1 2" long measured straight from tip of beak to tail;