SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery ) The black numbers against

) The black numbers against the old creamy white paint are to my eye pure gorgeousness

and those great red and white patterned stockings

which I think may be British

They are marked with a N on the bottoms

facing in alternating directions from one row to the next

SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy memphis style pottery ) The black numbers againstI 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. I am not an expert on these (or fish, so I'm no good identifying the type represented), but my eye tells me these are really wonderful examples. The rest were exuberantly, colorfully painted, but on this one the wood of the body is unpainted except for the eyes, a very subtle smattering of red dots around the