Good evening, Julie,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photographs and information you provided, and subject to examination, this is:

An carved wood duck decoy
American, early 20th Century
Length approximately 18 inches from beak to tail.
Provenance: acquired by father from the Antiques Guild, Los Angeles, circa 1980
Condition: With extensive use wear throughout and metal bracing to head. Evidence of some reddish enamel paint on beak, very tiny amount left.
$40-60

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