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Antique Print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy Made after Lubbock 'c.1860'

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Framed and on the wall

Antique Print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy Made after Lubbock 'c.1860', shown framedAntique Print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy Made after Lubbock 'c.1860', shown framed on a wallAntique Print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy Made after Lubbock 'c.1860', shown framed in a room

Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the print could look; the description says what is included.

Antique Print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy Made after Lubbock 'c.1860'

£170 ($225, €200)

Period original, not a reproduction.

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Date
1860
Size
9.4 × 11.8 in (24 × 30 cm)
Condition
Fair. General age-related toning, shows some wear/creasing and foxing. Blank verso. Plaese study image carefully.
Period
Late 19th century
Section
Birds
Reference
f_23792682
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Antique print titled 'A Lincolnshire Decoy'. Original antique print of a Lincolnshire Duck Decoy. Wild duck decoyed into mouth of net covering curving ditch or 'pipe'. Dog trained to drive birds to narrow end where the birds were caught and killed. Common practice on the Cambridgeshire Fens and Norfolk Broads. Most birds were sent to the London market. Made after W. Lubbock, published circa 1860.

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