Madison Mitchell (MD, 1901-1993), Two Canvasbacks

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

Longest length 15.5 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 with gunning wear, one decoy has working repair to neck and hit by shot.