A Large Mature 20thC Taxidermy Mute Swan sub-Architectural & Garden but as this example is

but as this example is nineteenth-century

The ivory net veil and dress having hand-sewn bell and floral decoration with flexible frame adorned with a cluster of wax flowers on stems presented in the original box

Diameter of top: 32”

The box remains structurally sound

having a beatifically shaped fixed top above a well carved base on a leaf carved baluster stem and standing on cabriole legs and foliate carved scroll feet and surviving from the second quarter of nineteenth century England

A Large Mature 20thC Taxidermy Mute Swan sub-Architectural & Garden but as this example isOrigin: English Period: Mid Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1970 Height: 17 Width: 34 Depth: 13 (all at extremities) The rare large mature English Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), posed waterborne, unmounted and surviving from the fourth quarter of twentieth century England in superb overall condition. The specimen is presented in nigh on immaculate considering the relative fragility and age with these examples so often found with many feathers