SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery which provided medical and social

which provided medical and social services to people in rural communities of northern Newfoundland and Labrador

with long and curving trunk

And the form of this two-tiered basket is just terrific I think

which I think may be British

SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery which provided medical and socialI 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