Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy

Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy
Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy

Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy

Goldberger & Haid book shows an identical example and is described as circa 1900 and "among the rarest Masons". This is a first for me after almost 30 years of collecting decoys. The paint is thickly applied with sponging on the back still evident as well as faint feather painting still showing on the back.

The decoy is one-piece and there's a tight neck crack as well as several tight body drying cracks. The glass eyes are not cracked and the iron bill is rusted. A crack along one side of the body has been filled.....

It clearly shows under a black light but is hard to detect otherwise. Also, there is some overpaint on the bottom around the stick hole. Obviously, it has had some restoration but there's much originality and given its rarity, still a desirable example.

I repeat, in over 30 years of collecting, this is the first Jack Snipe I have run across. The item "RARE MASON GLASS-EYE LONG-BODY JACK SNIPE DECOY DECOY" is in sale since Tuesday, September 20, 2016. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys". The seller is "pmj55" and is located in Troy, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM, AG, AW, BZ, DM, GD, KN, LC, MS, TC, BB, BD, BM, BN, BO, EC, EG, GF, GG, GI, GP, IS, JE, JO, KH, KY, LI, LK, LU, MC, MO, MQ, MV, NI, OM, PE, PK, PY, RE.


Rare Mason Glass-eye Long-body Jack Snipe Decoy Decoy


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