BJ Pawlaczyk, Michigan 1994 Signed Ice Fishing Decoy cotton textile whose left-handedness results in the

whose left-handedness results in the “backwards” stitch that this basket displays

though brass or bronze or silver I am not entirely sure

Plane 2 3/4" l

bright and crisp

BJ Pawlaczyk, Michigan 1994 Signed Ice Fishing Decoy cotton textile whose left-handedness results in theThis one is not very old, but I find it pretty charming; I'm actually not sure what it is meant to be but it sure looks happy whatever the case! It was signed BJ and dated 1994 on the underside; a bit of searching led me B. J. Pawlaczyk of Michigan, maker of both duck decoys and fishing decoys, who I'm certain was its maker. It is lead weighted but looks never to have been dropped in the water, though I do believe it had a couple of tiny ears, now