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THBLawton Rig Mallard Drake Decoy by Charles Walker (1873-1954)
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Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2024
Lots 254-459 Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com
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- Lot Description
Lawton Rig Mallard Drake
Charles Walker (1873-1954)
Princeton, IL, c. 1948
17 1/2 in. long
Prior to establishing himself as one of the Mississippi Flyway's top decoy makers, Walker was a painter who was influenced by his talented father, a blacksmith and violin maker.
Walker was a member of the Princeton Fish and Game Club of Bureau, Illinois, from 1902-1910. However, with a wife and four small children to support, the young painter by trade had to give up the luxury of his duck club membership. However, he continued to hunt there as a guest. After he made a rig of decoys for his host, other club members took note and started placing orders.
He eventually began carving decoys in earnest and set up a workshop near his home on Pleasant Street that became a social hub for club members, fellow carvers, friends, and family. During this period he is known to have carved rigs of birds for Watson Lawton, Merle L. Brown (Vance rig), Henry Gross (Skinner rig), and Clifford Jolley.
This decoy shows very good head carving with a thin neck and the clean lines and exceptional combed and blended paint associated with this esteemed rig. Lawton's "34" designation is painted on the underside alongside the maker's slotted weight.
Excellent original paint with even gunning wear.
Provenance: Watson Lawton Rig, Princeton Game and Fish Club
Private Collection, by descent in the family
Private Collection
Literature: Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. and Julie Carlson, "Masterworks of the Illinois River," Boston, MA, 2005, pp. 54-61, Walker club decoys illustrated and discussed. Alan G. Haid, “Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway,” Exton, PA, 1981, p. 84, rigmate illustrated.Condition
Please refer to the description; if you have questions, email colin@copleyart.com.
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