Circa 1900 Black Duck Decoy by Harry V. Shourds (1861-1920) Tuckerton, NJ
This is a vintage Harry Vinuckson Shourds (1861 - 1920) black duck decoy circa 1900. Harry was the first and likely the most famous of the Shourds family of decoy carvers and was from Tuckerton , New Jersey. This decoy is 16 1/2" long by 6" wide , is hollow carved , tack eyes , inletted bottom weight , incredible form and the vestiges of paint. Just look at the construction and form on this decoy , it looks incredible without the paint because you can see how he made it! If only this decoy could talk about its experiences? A short bio on Harry is listed below from his obit. It has been said that Nucky would go to Webb's Barbershop and come out with a shave, haircut and a perfectly carved duck head. Harry would have hunting parties to his cabin on Barrel Island in Tuckerton Bay, sometime out for a week at a time, hunting Brant, ducks and geese in his sneakbox with canvas windbreaker. When he would return, he would sell the fowl by the pair and the feathers for beds and pillows, and they were also traded for other services.
In the spring, he would go to his summer home in Ocean City where he work as a painter from spring to fall, and the rest of the family would come down when school ended and left before it started back up. To get there, they took a taxi (run by Walter Atkinson) from Tuckerton to Absecon, then the Shore Fast line to Ocean City to the trolley that would take them to 29th Street. See my other listings for fishing lures , sporting collectibles. See my other listings for another Shourds decoy. The item "Circa 1900 Black Duck Decoy by Harry V.
Shourds (1861-1920) Tuckerton, NJ" is in sale since Thursday, August 1, 2019. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys". The seller is "djdecoys" and is located in Monroe, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Non-Domestic Product: No
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Custom Bundle: No
- Material: White Cedar
- Features: Hollow Body
- Duck Type: Black Duck