Knotts Island, Virginia, circa 1930, carved and painted wood.

Length 21 in.

Cecil was the younger brother of Ivey Stevens. His fist job was working at the False Cape Club. He made a rig of decoys for the North End Seaboard Club. Most of them disappeared without knowledge from the family and few remain in collections today.

Old gunning paint, head slightly lifted from the body, bill slightly loose from the head.