A GROUP OF SIX CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD, METAL, LEATHER AND GLASS FISH DECOYS
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A GROUP OF SIX CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD, METAL, LEATHER AND GLASS FISH DECOYS

AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY

Closed20 October 2023

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A GROUP OF SIX CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD, METAL, LEATHER AND GLASS FISH DECOYS
AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY
Comprising five painted decoys with metal fins: the first in green and yellow with black spots and black painted eyes; the second in brown with black spots and red and yellow stripes with metal eyes
; the third in yellow with green and black highlights; the fourth with blue, red, and orange wave pattern; and the fifth painted in red and white with black painted eyes and covered in red and white beads; together with another painted and glazed in brown, yellow and black and covered with sparkles and with glass eyes, leather tail and fins and issuing a hook from its mouth
3 ¼ in. high; 9 ½ in. long (the largest)

The John Gordon Collection of Folk Americana, Christie's Park Avenue,
15 January 1999 - 19 January 1999, lot 937.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.