SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy acorns pencil and colored pencil I

pencil and colored pencil I believe

or just setting on a shelf

grew and grew until it didn't

with a hole in the handle for hanging

for its pale aqua color and proportions and embossed text but especially for its silvery neck

SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy acorns pencil and colored pencil II was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe. I am not an expert on these (or fish, so I'm no good identifying the type represented), but my eye tells me these are really wonderful examples. The rest were exuberantly, colorfully painted, but on this one the wood of the body is unpainted except for the eyes, a very subtle smattering of red dots around the