J. L. Price

  1. Ward Foundation
  2. J. L. Price
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  • Detailed description of brand:

The J.L Price brand is a burned brand that represents a club/organization.  Letters are 3/8 inches high and 4 ¼ long with a period after the  J and the L.  The decoy is from the last quarter of the 19th century.

  • Narrative
  • The brand may have been made for the Price’s Hotel in Pleasure Bay, Long Branch, Monmouth County, NJ.  This decoy is hollow, with two ½ inch dowels holding the body together.
  • Other Brands on this decoy:
  • This brand has been identified on the following decoys:

Maker                                                          Specie                                    Drake or Hen

  1. Thomas Applegate                  Bluebill                                    Drake

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References/Sources:

Barnegat Bay Decoys and Gunning Clubs by Patricia H. Burk

Initial Contributor: Nancy & Rick Fitch

Additional Contributors: