Danish Modern Wooden Duck camel bag Please specify with your order

Please specify with your order whether you would like the red or blue

The is a bit of irregularity to its form

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It dates to 1964

marked sterling on back

Danish Modern Wooden Duck camel bag Please specify with your orderWhat a lovely and elegant duck! Though unmarked, I believe it is Danish Modern, and beautifully made, with an elongated beak perfectly balanced with the elongated body pointed in the other direction, it bears a strong resemblance to the work of Kristian Vedel. I believe the head is birch and the body teak. What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body, which is about the right size to hold a