An Attractive Mid 19thC Cased Taxidermy Wood Duck sub-Art & Sculpture displaying vivid blues

displaying vivid blues

7 KGS (all approx and at maximum)

Femur and Sternum

motion of the carousel

The two thick glass shelves are possibly later replacements but are good quality

An Attractive Mid 19thC Cased Taxidermy Wood Duck sub-Art & Sculpture displaying vivid bluesOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 The Case: Depth: 6 Width: 17 Height: 13. 5 The American wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) specimen housed within a sparse naturalistic setting of grasses and branches to a buff paper background, the whole housed in a beautifully crusty glazed display case with remnants of paint, surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century. The overall composition is of a good