A Fine 20thC Dome Cased Taxidermy Specimen of a Crimson Rosella

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A Fine 20thC Dome Cased Taxidermy Specimen of a Crimson RosellaOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 80 Height: 18 inches (the whole) Base Diameter: 9. 5 inches The well preserved and mounted crimson rosella (Platycercus Elegans) perched on a naturalistic outcrop under a good quality late Victorian glass dome and raised on an ebonised plinth socle base with ruby red twist bordering survives in very good overall condition from middle of the twentieth century. They said

A holder of very similar quality

Period: Late 19th Century

were designed for a church and therefore electricity was not available or appropriate for their alter setting

Wall racks or shelves such as this were popular along with large waterfall bookcases in the Regency period

before stencilled stock numbers were introduced

earning the Distinguished Flying Cross

There is the usual amount of loose dust in and around the ensemble

oak which weighs a mere forty six

James & Peter

found on the tops of tables as we see here

Timber groynes have been used for well over a century to help protect our coastline and are they are now a familiar part of the landscape

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