Harold MacGillivray 1898 - 1962 Sacramento, California
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Rigmate pair of oversize mallards, Harold MacGillivray, Sacramento, California, circa 1950. Both have slightly turned heads and highly detailed feather carving. Never rigged. Very good and original.
Provenance: Wild Goose Club collection.
Literature: “Decoys of the Pacific Coast,” Fred Hanson and Mike Miller, p. 343. (5,000 - 8,000)
Very seldom do we find a wealthy member of a duck club that carves decoys for his own use. That however was the case with Harold P. MacGillivray. After moving to Sacramento from Canada, MacGillivray graduated from Stanford with an engineering degree. He went on to a successful career that eventually allowed him to join the prestigious “Wild Goose” duck club in the famed Butte Sink valley of Northern California. These mallards are from the rig that he is most famous for. Characterized by their imposing size and skillful painting, they are magnificent and yet light in weight. 43