Madison Mitchell (MD, 1901-1993), Goose

Havre de Grace Maryland, circa 1950s, carved and painted wood.

Length 24.25 in.

From the Wood Family’s Historic Mulberry Hill Home, Edenton, North Carolina

Today, some of Mitchell's decoys are displayed at the Smithsonian Museum, but most are immortalized at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, which he helped to found.

Original, tight age check around circumference of neck, chip in tail with touch up to paint.