Carl Brown Canvasback Drake

Wonderful form and all original paint on the solid carved redwood canvasback drake by Carl Brown (Napa, CA) ca. 1942. Brown was the power plant operator on Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo. See page 131 of Wildfowl Decoys of California by Michael Miller for additional information on this collectable San Francisco Bay maker. Measures 14.5” in length.