Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy Danish Modern ceramics mostly British and French from

mostly British and French from what I've found

During the 2nd half of the19th century

and one more equidistant up from the bottom

it was created and signed by Karin og Aase

75ʺ tall and is in excellent condition

Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy Danish Modern ceramics mostly British and French fromI don't much collect decoys, which represent a whole different world of expertise, but I found this such a striking and perfectly stark object that I could not resist it. I really love the long neck and dramatic angle of that root head terminating in white painted beak, and then the wonderful rich dark charcoal black of the carved body with rounded belly. On the underside is a metal plate which allows it to stay upright on the water (and it does