VINTAGE IRA HUDSON BLUEBILL DECOY VERY GOOD CONDITION ca 1920's

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VINTAGE IRA HUDSON BLUEBILL DECOY VERY GOOD CONDITION ca 1920's
Being offered is a Vintage Ira Hudson Bluebill ca. 1920's. This is an early model, in very good overall condition with original rigging, nicely carved bill, tack eyes, and banjo tail. It has a second coat with the back appearing to be original paint. For similar decoys see "Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas" by Fleckenstein, pp. 63-64.
Ira Hudson (1873 - 1949) was an American boat builder and prolific decoy and shorebird carver from Chincoteague, Virginia. His carvings were primarily of local waterfowl, using no patterns so each carving had a unique design. The decoys were carved out of available materials including ship masts and telephone poles. When people began collecting decoys for decorative purposes, Hudson was one of the first carvers to add details such as feet and wings to his carvings in response.
His decoys usually included a flowing bill shape and a full flowing or "fat football" shaped body, though he experimented with many styles. He used feather and scratch painting, and carved both rounded and flat-bottomed decoys.
Hudson lived in Chincoteague with his wife Eva where they raised nine children, three of whom became commercially successful decoy carvers of their own.
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