American Mallard Drake Cork Decoy

14 x 7 inches. A mallard drake hunting decoy featuring a body constructed from coarse, compressed cork and a wooden head with black glass eyes. The duck is painted in a working pattern with a dark green head, black stripe, and yellow-toned bill. The breast is finished in a reddish-brown tone, while the cork body is painted gray with dark speckling and features blue and white speculum markings on the wings. The tail section is finished in black. The underside is fitted with a wooden keel, which is painted and secured to the body with two recessed metal screws. An impressed mark is present on the wooden keel, though the characters are not clearly legible. The underside of the keel is stamped in black with the phrase MADE IN U.S.A. A partial white string is tied around the neck.