Marvelous Red with Silver Spots Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Decoy antique wicker covered flask with some spattered white paint

with some spattered white paint on both sides and some loss to the "R" of Removed

I love the extra long and thin shape of the middle fingers  especially

5 3/4" in diameter

which extended from 1868 to 1912

otherwise in very good shape

Marvelous Red with Silver Spots Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Decoy antique wicker covered flask with some spattered white paintI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe, and this red and silver one with four tin fins my very favorite of all. I'm not an expert on these but I am great admirer of them as objects, and this one to my eye is as good as they come. Nails for eyes over tin disks, painted stripes on the fins, a tail fin that can be flipped up or back, and weighted on the