Jake Ferreira Pintail Drake

Super stylish, hollow carved pintail drake by Jake Ferreira (Newark, CA) ca. 1930s. Paint appears to be old working repaint by the maker. Measures 15.5” in length. See page 252 of Wildfowl Decoys of California by Michael Miller. Note the old repaired bill. This is “style #2” as discussed in the CA decoys book.