Poplar Branch, North Carolina, rigmates to this exact decoy are published on page 189 of Gunnin' Birds by Kroghie Andresen.

Length 18 in.

Wallace was involved in market hunting from the mid-1890's and focused his efforts on Currituck Sound. His early canvasbacks are significant in the collecting community as they are large and very sculptural.

Old gunning paint worn to bare wood in places; wear to edge of the tail