Freeport, New York, circa 1890, carved and painted wood, branded HIDDEN, museum identification code A51-101 in red paint on the right side, wooden base marked Redhead - Male from Currituck Shooting Club / Poplar Branch, NC.

Length 12.5 in.

Former Collection of Walter L. Bush.
Former Collection of a New York City Museum, deaccessioned in 1953.
From the hunting rig of the Currituck Shooting Club.

Made by a member of the Carman family in Long Island, New York. The Currituck Shooting Club was founded by wealthy New York industrialists in 1857. It is America's oldest gunning club. The original club decoys were made by Long Islanders such as Carman, Verity, and others.

Original paint, head slightly lifted.