group-of-nine-floater-decoys
Lot 1114
Group of Nine Floater Decoys
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, simplistic construction, found materials used in some cases, such as tree bark, one decoy with driftwood head bears a Bob Timberlake Swan Island stamp (5.75 x 11.75 in.); another with a cylindrical driftwood body is marked "Bob Timberlake Collection" and retains iron weight (4.25 x 10 in.); a floater mounted on an oval plinth is signed on the underside "By Ronnie Wade from His Rig-Knotts Isld N.C. / Bob Timberlake Collection" (Bufflehead only 5.5 x 5.25 in.).

From the Personal Collection of Bob Timberlake, Lexington, North Carolina

Wood and paint losses associated with extended use.