A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & Redshank sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage his star clearly well and

his star clearly well and truly muffled under the preposterous demands of a fame hungry diva

the whole in the Rococo taste

the painted and parcel gilt beech frame with carved rose heads and leaves

carved in the naïve manner

There are two later strut braces to the reverse to give it more stability

A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & Redshank sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage his star clearly well andOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1910 The Case: Depth: 8. 5 Width: 19. 75 Height: 22 The duo of seabirds, one a cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae) the other a redshank (Tringa totanus) within a sparse setting of a coastal rocky outcrop set upon a buff paper background, the whole housed in a generously sized ebonised display case surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century in good overall