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1876-1899
GUSN-8657
Two molded sides hinged together at head and tail with boldly painted white spotted decoration on black back. Dark taupe face and breast. Off-white underside.
decoys
stamping (marking)
machine-made
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
hunting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Painted
Hunting
Tin
Snipe
Stamped
Molded
Decoy
Typed paper label (NFL) under tail: SNIPE/This type/patented 1874.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
11 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.749
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