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Extremely rare M. C. Wedd Decoy Co. Roc

Currency:USD Category:Sporting Goods Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Extremely rare M. C. Wedd Decoy Co. Roc
Extremely rare M. C. Wedd Decoy Co. Rochester, NY, bluebill drake decoy ca 1880. OP with possible t/u to some of the black areas. Wonderful condition considering the age. Matthew Chater Wedd was born in 1807 in Essex, England and died in 1901 in New York State at the age of 94. Decoys from this factory date from the 1870's and 1880's. He was a contemporary of George Peterson. See North American Factory Decoys by Trayer P. 385 for a similar example.