A Beautiful Museum Cased Taxidermy Great Grey Shrike c.1890-1900, formerly of The Hancock Museum antiques Zinc Nails

Zinc Nails

Depth: 14 inches (all at maximum)

The peg-jointed estate made eighteenth century open armchair in elm and oak

and of course this

and Kenya remains ‘British East Africa’ on the globe so we can date the piece accurately to a six year period between 1914 and 1920

A Beautiful Museum Cased Taxidermy Great Grey Shrike c.1890-1900, formerly of The Hancock Museum antiques Zinc NailsOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: The Hancock Museum (now the Great North Museum: Hancock) Date: c. 1890 19000 The Case: Depth: 4. 25 Width: 14 Height: 13 The beautifully preserved great grey shrike (Lanius Excubitor) ; a rare British visitor; the specimen housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case, the pine sides later painted in chocolate brown paint, the whole being beautifully unassuming with ivory paper backing and