Marvelous Red with Silver Spots Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Decoy antique wicker covered flask otherwise in very good shape

otherwise in very good shape

The fleur de lis at center makes me think perhaps Caroline was Canadian

I've been keeping a keen eye out from Victorian hair momentos

5 3/4" in diameter

as there should be

Marvelous Red with Silver Spots Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Decoy antique wicker covered flask otherwise in very good shapeI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe, and this red and silver one with four tin fins my very favorite of all. I'm not an expert on these but I am great admirer of them as objects, and this one to my eye is as good as they come. Nails for eyes over tin disks, painted stripes on the fins, a tail fin that can be flipped up or back, and weighted on the