Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy black porcelain sugar bowl the book was mounted to

the book was mounted to a dark blue/black painted panel intensively carved with stars

a London-born artist who moved to the San Francisco area in the late 1800s

Sight: 16 1/2" x 13 1/4"

It feels very mid-century to me

I've had a few of these old push button boxing toys in the shop

Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy black porcelain sugar bowl the book was mounted toThe more battered the better for me when it comes to old decoys it's the one's that wear their work on their backs (literally) and that show all sorts of losses and or repairs that I find most appealing, both aesthetically and empathetically! This one is most definitely one of those, with holes and bent nails scattered across its carved, black painted body, and a head that seems perhaps to have been salvaged from another and crudely nailed on, making