Striking Old Hand-carved Black and White Chesapeake Bay Working Decoy cast pewter salt and pepper or—as he himself has travelled

or—as he himself has travelled at least one ocean and more than a century—perhaps to be tucked into a suitcase as a good luck talisman

I find these mini pool balls aesthetically satisfying in the same way I do old clay marbles -- just great looking

I found it filled with old hardware

The basket itself is in excellent condition

but them M seems slightly different than his

Striking Old Hand-carved Black and White Chesapeake Bay Working Decoy cast pewter salt and pepper or—as he himself has travelledI 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