Restored Mason Standard Grade Glass Eye Wood Duck Decoys by Patrick Kane
Glass Eye Mason Wood Duck Decoys, Restored by Patrick Kane. In terms of species, Wood Ducks by the Mason Decoy Factory are the cream of the crop.
This excellent restored "rigmate pair" of wood ducks by Patrick Kane, and so branded on the bottom, are an excellent example of his work. Complete with a finely aged and antiqued surface covered with paint crackling and texture, these wood ducks are extremely well done and some of the best work I have seen from Kane. Check out the detailed photos of the painted surface, while new in age, it has the look of a decoy painted many years ago. Each decoy is expertly painted in a Mason-like paint scheme and has an added hood or crest. Patrick Kane is a well-known talent who specializes in restoring all grades of Mason Factory Decoys.
More of his work can be seen online at kanedecoys. Drake does have one small chip to side, see photos, and hen has a tight neck check both adding to the working appearance to the decoys.
The drake even has an old age-drying bottom split. Both decoys are appropriately branded PK for Patrick Kane on the bottom.
Check out the photos for the most accurate description. I have done my best to document this decoy through both the text above and the photographs. I will do my best to accommodate any and all requests.
The decoy you are seeing is the exact one you will be getting, therefore, there should be no surprises if you have taken the time to scroll through all the photos and read the text. Unless the decoy is listed in 100% original paint, expect some old hunter touch-up. Almost every single decoy I have for sale was in fact a working decoy part of a larger rig and subject to typical gunning wear including rubs that were typically touched-up between hunting seasons as a way to pass the time during the off-season. Some of these decoys are more than 100 years old and over the course of many hunting seasons it is bound to happen.
Though the factory had a humble beginning in a shed behind William Mason's house, the business burgeoned and moved two times before closing down. Mason did not run the factory himself, but left that responsibility in the capable hands of one of his sons, Herbert. Many Mason decoys are still in working condition.
Their continuing popularity and durability is owed to the Mason carvers who took pride in their work and created the best product possible. There is nothing fancy about Mason decoys, but the shape of a head, arch of a neck or detailed bill carving keep these decoys from being ordinary. Earlier models have chubby faces, flat bottoms and a pronounced slope of the breast. On later models, the breast is less exaggerated and the decoys have an overall sleeker look.Over the years, the paint jobs done by hand remained consistently superior with blended colors under dotted, spattered, stippled and streaked designs. Mason's Decoy Factory produced several different grades of decoys: Premier, Challenge, No.
2 Tack Eye and No. These are the names used by the company; collectors will often refer to Nos. 1, 2 and 3 collectively as "Detroit" or "standard" grade. In addition to the popular mallards, canvasbacks and scaup, Mason carvers produced old squaws, swans, white-winged scoters, wood ducks, crows and doves.Mason's Decoy Factory must have produced thousands of decoys during its twenty or thirty some years of operation. I say most because as you see some decoys will have a modest/fair-market reserve.
Call it down-sizing if you will. If a decoy doesn't meet reserve, let's talk. NOTE: As with most sporting collectibles, along with being a great addition to a game room or home decor, vintage decoys have shown to be a sound investment that seldom decrease in value. Each decoy is truly a One-Of-A-Kind item as no two hand-carved decoys are exactly alike and with so few available decoys from each carver, as time passes, they will surely only increase in value. Be sure to add my to your favorite sellers/searches.I have many more decoys to add from all regions including the Chesapeake Bay, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, New York, Illinois, the St. The item "Restored Mason Standard Grade Glass Eye Wood Duck Decoys by Patrick Kane" is in sale since Friday, September 08, 2017. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys".
The seller is "dckhuntr" and is located in Butler, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.