Rig Mate Pair Mallards Delaware River Tucked Head John Holloway OP
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:27407938 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Duck Type: Mallard | Features: Antique, Hollow Body |
Rig Mate Pair Mallards Delaware River Tucked Head John Holloway OP Excellent
Being offered is a great rigmate pair of tucked head mallards by John Holloway of Florence, NJ. -- These working decoys have hollow carved cedar bodies in classic Delaware River with wingtip carving and fluted tail features. – In excellentoriginal paint, both have original rigging and both have Holloway's hot brand on the bottom. They are both about 15 inches in length. – Provenance: Huster Collecti...on.
Holloway spent a good deal of his youth in West Creek, NJ, with his family. Eventually he moved to Florence, a small town on the Delaware River, near where he spent most of his hunting time. He employed traditional tools of the trade, using a gouge to shape the body of the decoys. He learned duck boat building from Harlan Price.(DecoyMagazine July/August 1995, pp. 18-20; Floating Sculpture, Huster and Knight, 1982, pp. 76-78, 81)Payment with PayPal within 2 days of purchase.
Being offered is a great rigmate pair of tucked head mallards by John Holloway of Florence, NJ. -- These working decoys have hollow carved cedar bodies in classic Delaware River with wingtip carving and fluted tail features. – In excellentoriginal paint, both have original rigging and both have Holloway's hot brand on the bottom. They are both about 15 inches in length. – Provenance: Huster Collecti...on.
Holloway spent a good deal of his youth in West Creek, NJ, with his family. Eventually he moved to Florence, a small town on the Delaware River, near where he spent most of his hunting time. He employed traditional tools of the trade, using a gouge to shape the body of the decoys. He learned duck boat building from Harlan Price.(DecoyMagazine July/August 1995, pp. 18-20; Floating Sculpture, Huster and Knight, 1982, pp. 76-78, 81)Payment with PayPal within 2 days of purchase.
