SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery with long and curving trunk

with long and curving trunk

The dealer I bought this pitcher from described it on his label as ugly--which of course added to my desire to grab it

which are of light cardstock weight with glossy finish

They are marked with a N on the bottoms

facing in alternating directions from one row to the next

SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery with long and curving trunkI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe. I am not an expert on these (or fish, so I'm no good identifying the type represented), but my eye tells me these are really wonderful examples. The rest were exuberantly, colorfully painted, but on this one the wood of the body is unpainted except for the eyes, a very subtle smattering of red dots around the