Created as a practical working decoy rather than a decorative object, this duck brings craftsmanship, observation of nature and deception together in a single folk object.
An unusually expressive example of its kind, its roughly carved form retains fragmented layers of deep green, burgundy, black, ochre and white, worn through to the timber beneath. Removed from its original, somewhat macabre purpose of luring live ducks within range, age and use have given it the quality of a painterly object in its own right.
Height: approx. 17 cm
Width: approx. 40 cm
Collection from Brixton, London or arranged delivery.
Created as a practical working decoy rather than a decorative object, this duck brings craftsmanship, observation of nature and deception together in a single folk object.
An unusually expressive example of its kind, its roughly carved form retains fragmented layers of deep green, burgundy, black, ochre and white, worn through to the timber beneath. Removed from its original, somewhat macabre purpose of luring live ducks within range, age and use have given it the quality of a painterly object in its own right.
Height: approx. 17 cm
Width: approx. 40 cm
Collection from Brixton, London or arranged delivery.
