A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & Redshank antiques Founded in 1912

Founded in 1912

though presumably a member of the aristocratic Fitzwilliam family) went to France on a diplomatic mission

A pier glass is a mirror which is placed on a pier

In wonderfully detailed gardens

including a Mappin & Webb manicure set (though in poor order)

A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & Redshank antiques Founded in 1912Origin: 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