SOLD Handsome Presumed English Hand-carved White Pigeon Decoy on Burl book plate drawing 10 1/2” tall x 5

10 1/2” tall x 5 1/2” wide and in good overall condition

is exposed at the very center of top and bottom

but it seems to have some good age to it

around which grass is woven

I have long wanted to find a painting on an old painter's palette

SOLD Handsome Presumed English Hand-carved White Pigeon Decoy on Burl book plate drawing 10 1/2” tall x 5I found this one in New Hampshire, but most decoys in this manner are English, as I assume this one is; I am not an expert but have been eyeing decoys of this ilk for a long time! Based on comparisons, I believe early ish 20th century, and fairly unusual for being primarily white, with gray only on the tail feathers. I believe, especially based on the shape of the beak, that it is meant to be a pigeon, but the white I think makes it an especially