RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason

RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason

RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason

Hello and thank you for looking. This is a really unique piece that is probably a once or twice in a lifetime opportunity. This is a rare Conrad Klopping of Toledo, Ohio canvas back hen in very nice condition. Klopping is consider among the top decoy makers of OhioThe piece likely dates to the mid-20. See the photos and decide for yourself fine condition with light to mild paint loss for the age.

Some dings but not shot marks. The piece measures 14 long by 7 wide and roughly 6 high to the top of the head.

I encourage you to review the photos and contact me with any questions. I also have a gorgeous Mason Decoy Factory of Detroit mallard mason for sale that is already up.

Conrad Klopping was born in Toledo, attended public school through the 8th grade and then went to work in the family business. Was an accomplished tinkerer; he received a patent on a heating stove; the inner mechanisms of a sleeper-sofa and a on a lever grip. Early on the family ventured into a bicycle repair shop but the core of the business was tinsmithing the installation of furnaces, stoves and roof flashing. Conrad, the decoy carver, remained single and lived in the family home on Michigan Avenue in a Toledo working class neighborhood, just six blocks away from the Maumee River. According to his great nephew, he hunted all his life and spent many years going on great duck hunts up into Michigan with his father and older brother, Milton (1887- 1973).

He endeared himself to the neighborhood kids in Point Place with endless hours of the card game Canasta. The large rig of decoys Conrad made for the family are immediately recognizable with their extremely low, wide bodies.

As noted on page 118 in the Great Lakes Decoy Interpretations book by Kangas, 2011, Klopping decoys have two head styles; resting low heads and alert high heads. As expected from a tool and die maker, his branding is bold and uniform.

Much thanks and best wishes. The item "RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason" is in sale since Monday, November 21, 2016. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys".

The seller is "corvusdesign" and is located in Reno, Nevada. This item can be shipped worldwide.
RARE EARLY Canvas Back Hen Conrad Klopping Decoy Factory Point Place Ohio Mason


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