Striking Old Hand-carved Black and White Chesapeake Bay Working Decoy parquetry set the date seems about right

the date seems about right

The perfect thing for your favorite athlete to carry Ibuprofen in

And on the backside

The colors and forms remind me so much of Oskar Schlemmer's fantastic costumes for Berlin's Triadic Ballet in the 20s (one pic included in photos)

There is one chip in the wood at one far bottom corner (the left

Striking Old Hand-carved Black and White Chesapeake Bay Working Decoy parquetry set the date seems about rightI know very little about decoys, and pass most by without a close look, but occasionally one strikes me as such a gorgeous object that there is no way I can leave it behind. Like this one. The great old black and white paint in combination, the strong horizontal the body in contrast with vertical of the head, the line of that long thin neck and small head for me, super satisfying sculptural perfection. I know that this decoy came from the Chesapeake