Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair Marlis Schratter vase the black silhouette is under

the black silhouette is under glass

if desired

This finely made

which I find simultaneously playful and poignant

Mid-1950s I believe

Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair Marlis Schratter vase the black silhouette is underThis might not be the decoy for the decoy connoisseur, but for the lover of highly evocative, very singular sculptural objects, I think it is a most fantastic thing! It is very clear, especially from the top of the head, that this working decoy was shot over quite a bit, and I assume its original beak took the worst of the hits. Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve, paint, and attach a new one, transforming its profile and character