Elegant Old (Sailor Made?) Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy with Very Sharp Point pick head making a really beautiful line

making a really beautiful line

is short for Seneca Ray Stoddard

This one is Persian

The more battered the better for me when it comes to old decoys-- it's the one's that wear their work on their backs (literally) and that show all sorts of losses and/or repairs that I find most appealing

Moody and evocative

Elegant Old (Sailor Made?) Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy with Very Sharp Point pick head making a really beautiful lineI have a feeling this whimsy was made by a sailor with the sharply pointed end rather like that of a fid. Whatever the case, an old one, and a beauty, which would quite hold its own on the wall, hanging from one nail. 5 3 16" x 13 16" x 13 16". Very good condition.