VERY FINE PAIR OF MINIATURE STANDING CANVASBACKS by John Wood, Venice, FL. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Both with raised wing tips and fluted tail carving. The hen is carved in a feeding position; the drake's head just slightly turned. Both with detailed painted feather work to bodies and nice paint blending to heads. Both with carved nostrils, nails and mandibles. Both retain glass eyes. Both mounted atop custom bases that are signed by the maker. Overall length of the hen is approximately 6 3/4 inches; the drake, approximately 6 inches.