Looks like some bumps & bruises on beak from usage. No chips, cracks or breaks. This is a Solid Body Cast Iron Duck with mold seam marks down the middle.
This is quite a substantial piece of Cast Iron weighing over 19 pounds. The Eider measures 12 inches in length, 5 inches in width and 5 inches in height. He has a barrel shape body (see the photo taken above the decoy) and has a hole in his tail.This Sink Box Decoy has a rather unique Folky Art look to it. Just don't see many of these Old Working Cast Iron Eider Sink Box decoys around. It consists of a weighted, partially submerged enclosure large enough to hold one or. More hunters and suspended from a floating platform.
It is placed into calm water so that the hunter may wait with the waterline at approximately shoulder height. The cast iron sink box duck decoys were placed around the edges of the sink box boat to keep it submerged into the water. I've included a vintage photo showing a hunter in a sink box boat for reference. In 1918 below-waterline hunting was banned in the United States by authority of the U.Secretary of the Interior with the passage of the. Migratory Bird Act of 1918.
Please review the many photos to determine condition. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own a unique Vintage Cast Iron Eider Duck Decoy to your collection. Your satisfaction is my guarantee. The item "VINTAGE CAST IRON UNIQUE MAINE/NOVA SCOTIA EIDER DUCK SINK BOX DECOY FOLKY ART" is in sale since Thursday, December 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Metalware\Cast Iron".The seller is "redfoxlady1" and is located in Milford, Delaware. This item can be shipped worldwide.