Vintage Primitive Havre De Grace MD Large Solid Wood White Swan Decoy Farm House
For sale, a beautiful great vintage unsigned very large solid wood sitting swan decoy. Which is a very well know place for hand made decoys of many kinds, ducks, geese, swans, fish, crabs etc.. It sits right on the upper most part of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I have had this beautiful primitive all white with black painted beak and eyes swan sitting displayed on a blanket chest in my spare bedroom for over 35 years. It is quite large, 30" long, 12" across and is 16 tall to the top of swans head. Very heavy solid piece of old wood.
You can see where the one piece of the decoys head and long neck are attached. So made of two pieces of wood.
A lot of the early pieces from Havre De Grace MD were not signed. This decoy is not signed. All original untouched white paint.
It would wonderful sitting in the middle of a large farm house table or cupboard. It is in great used condition. It is great used condition, just displayed in a spare room all these years, along with many other Adirondack pieces that I have collected over the years. Paddels, old wood skis, camp blankets, trappers baskets, hooked rugs, wooden propellers etc....It is a antique, so no antique is perfect! If know antiques or vintage nothing is perfect. Any questions, please let me know. This item is in the category "Antiques\Primitives". The seller is "smartantiques" and is located in this country: US.
This item can be shipped to United States.- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Large (Greater than 30in.)
- Type: swan decoy
- Signed: Unsigned
- Color: White
- Date of Creation: 1950-1969
- Style: Americana
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Material: solid wood
- Region of Origin: US-Northeast