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 contemporary antique decoys

 

Wood Duck drake standing decoy

 

Standing Wood Duck drake

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White pine  body
∙ Pegged head

. Antiqued glass eyes
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2020

 

Common Merganser Drake 

 

Common Merganser Drake

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White cedar hollowed body
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2019

 

Long-Billed Curlew

 

Long-Billed Curlew

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White cedar  body
∙ Pegged head

. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2020

 

Brant goose

 

Brant goose

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White pine hollowed body
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles

∙ Inspired from Albert Laing
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2020

 

Kankakee style pintail drake

 

Kankakee style Pintail Drake

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ Pitchfork tines feathers tail

∙ Maple neck

∙ White pine full body
∙ Pegged pine head 
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2019

 

Red head hen 

 

Red head hen wall plaque

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White cedar full body

∙ Antiqued white pine plaque
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles

∙ Alain McDonald
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2019

 

Barrow's Goldeneye

 

Barrow's Goldeneye Drake

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ Red cedar hollowed body
∙ Pegged head , square nails
∙ Antiqued paint with fine crackles
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2015

 

Black crowned night heron

    

 

Black-crowned Night heron

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White cedar hollowed body
∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ 22" x 24" x 7"
∙ Antique paint with fine crackles

∙ Audubon style

∙ Pitchforks tines head feathers
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2018

 

Red-breasted merganser drake

 

Red-Breasted Merganser drake

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

Carved from white cedar
Antique paint with fine crackles
Pegged head , square nails
Yves Laurent Circa 2015 

Greater Scaup hen

 

Greater Scaup Hen

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE

∙ White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
∙ Handpainted eyes
∙ Antique paint

∙ Orel Leboeuf style
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2018

 

canvasback hen

 

Canvasback hen

CONTEMPORARY ANTIQUE STYLE


∙ White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
Antique paint with fine crackles
Pegged pine head, square nails
Yves Laurent Circa 2017

 

Redhead hen

 

Redhead hen

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Handcarved open bill and tongue

∙ Antique paint with fine crackles

∙  Alain McDonald style
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2019

Labrador duck

 

 Labrador duck

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY Style

∙ Extinct since 1875

∙ White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846

∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ Carved clam in the bill
∙ Pegged head, square nails
∙ Fine craqueled antique paint
∙ Yves Laurent 2018

 

Red-Breasted merganser

Redbreasted Merganser

 ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
∙ Handcarved open bill

∙ Fine craqueled antique painting
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2019

 

Long-Billed curlew

 

Long-Billed Curlew

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
∙ Pitchfork tine bill
∙ Fine craqueled antique painting
∙ Yves Laurent 2018

 

Passenger pigeon

Passenger Pigeon

 ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Extinct since 1875

∙ Glass eyes
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2017

 

 

Labrador Duck

 

Labrador duck

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙White cedar carved. Carved from a timber of the old church of St-Norbert, Qc, dated from 1846
∙ Pegged head, square nails
∙ Fine craqueled antique painting
∙ Antiqued leather tie

∙ Big square nail for tying the decoy

∙ Yves Laurent 2017

 

Bufflehead drake

Bufflehead drake

 ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Pegged head

∙ Glass eyes

∙ Leather tie, lead weight
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2017

 

Herring gull

 

Herring Gull

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Handcarved bill, glass eyes

∙ Yves Laurent 2017

 

 

Virginia rail

Virginia Rail

 ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Fine craqueled antique painting

∙ Glass eyes
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2017

 

ATlantic Puffin

 

Atlantic Puffin

 ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Handcarved eyes and bill
∙ Audubon style

∙ Yves Laurent 2016

 

American coot

American Coot

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ White cedar body
∙ Basswood head

∙ Glass eyes
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2016

 

Herring gull

 

Herring Gull

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Handcarved bill, glass eyes

∙ Yves Laurent 2017

 

Black duck hen

Mini Black Duck hen

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Lead weight, leather tie

∙ Glass eyes
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2016

 

american oystercatcher

 

American Oystercatcher

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Pegged bill

∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ Yves Laurent 2016

 

long-billed curlew

Long-Billed Curlew

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar

∙  Audubon style

∙ Glass eyes

∙ Pitchfork tines bill
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2015

 

Red-breasted merganser

 

Red-Breasted Merganser Pair

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Carved and pegged bills

∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ Pegged basswood heads

∙ Lead weight

∙ Yves Laurent 2015

 

Loon

 

Loon

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Hollowed pine body

∙ Pegged head

∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ Pegged bill
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2015

 

Common Merganser

 

Common Merganser Hen

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Carved from white cedar
∙ Pegged bill

∙ Pegged head

∙ Lead weight

∙ Yves Laurent 2015

 

Labrador  duck

Labrador Duck Drake

ANTIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE

∙ Hollowed white pine body

∙ Square nail

∙ Pegged head

∙ Handcarved and painted eyes

∙ On a stick pedestal
∙ Yves Laurent circa 2018

 

Labrador ducks pair