Horace "Hi" Crandall Mallard Drake
Wonderful solid carved mallard drake by Horace “Hi” Crandall (Westwood, CA) ca. 1930s. Crandall is among the most sought after early California makers and with good reason. This example has light in use hunting wear mainly to the lower right side and tail edge. The head was reset and glued at some point in the past. The right eye is cracked and the left eye is missing. Under black light inspection, the decoy appears to be all original. Inspection to the naked eye, leads me to believe there is the potential for some very old paint strengthening to the head/bill. If this is the case, it was done a very long time ago. Measures 16” in length. See page 578 of Wildfowl Decoys of California by Michael Miller.
Wonderful solid carved mallard drake by Horace “Hi” Crandall (Westwood, CA) ca. 1930s. Crandall is among the most sought after early California makers and with good reason. This example has light in use hunting wear mainly to the lower right side and tail edge. The head was reset and glued at some point in the past. The right eye is cracked and the left eye is missing. Under black light inspection, the decoy appears to be all original. Inspection to the naked eye, leads me to believe there is the potential for some very old paint strengthening to the head/bill. If this is the case, it was done a very long time ago. Measures 16” in length. See page 578 of Wildfowl Decoys of California by Michael Miller.
Wonderful solid carved mallard drake by Horace “Hi” Crandall (Westwood, CA) ca. 1930s. Crandall is among the most sought after early California makers and with good reason. This example has light in use hunting wear mainly to the lower right side and tail edge. The head was reset and glued at some point in the past. The right eye is cracked and the left eye is missing. Under black light inspection, the decoy appears to be all original. Inspection to the naked eye, leads me to believe there is the potential for some very old paint strengthening to the head/bill. If this is the case, it was done a very long time ago. Measures 16” in length. See page 578 of Wildfowl Decoys of California by Michael Miller.