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This month's feature highlights the rarest and tallest of all the Stangl
birds. The #3430 duck stands 22 inches tall and only two are known to exist.
The one shown is in the original natural colors. A second one in white was
decorated by Irene Sarnecki right before Stangl's closing in 1978 and was
the last bird to be fired in Stangl kilns.
(Note for collectors: When Stangl introduced their "Birds of America" line in 1940, three of these "new" birds were based upon earlier items in Fulper's "Garden Animals" line including the #3430 duck. In fact the same molds were used. The #3430 duck was based upon the earlier Fulper #871 duck.)
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