Tiny Yellow Duck with Red Bow Tie Miniature

A teeny glossy yellow duck figure wearing a dapper red bow tie, with little black dot eyes, a tiny orange beak and a perky upturned tail. It's barely the size of a fingertip and has a shiny resin finish. It's just right for a desk, a dollhouse, a terrarium or as a little good-cheer token for a friend. Maker unmarked. It's in good condition.

Little yellow ducks have a surprising place in ocean science. In January 1992, a shipping container fell overboard in a North Pacific storm and released 28,800 "Friendly Floatees" bath toys, including yellow ducks. Over the following years oceanographers tracked where they washed ashore, from Alaska to beyond, and used them to learn how ocean currents move around the globe.