RM177 Captain Ben Dye Charlestown Maryland ( 1827-1896 ) Redhead Drake well used gunner with iron keel and tack eyes, rare 1860's workhorse in Ben's classic form! Ben Dye was a fisherman and hunter that carved hand-made decoys according to the classic Chesapeake Bay style. Some decoys he kept for himself, but the others he sold to guides and hunters
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