An Early Museum Cased Taxidermy Corncrake c.1860, in the Manner of Robert Duncan

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An Early Museum Cased Taxidermy Corncrake c.1860, in the Manner of Robert DuncanOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 The Case: Depth: 3. 25 Width: 10 Height: 9 The early example of a Corncrake (Crex Crex) specimen set poised in complete isolation and housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case with original paper coverings, the whole being beautifully unassuming with its ivory paper backing, lacking in any form of simulated habitat, the whole surviving from Victorian England in

the three fabric panels in the typical Regency era drawing room blue with floral swags having central cabochons depicting doves

all on rectangular section wooden bases survive from mid nineteenth century Naples

▪ John Tindal de Veulle (1830-1854) twin

rapidly became a permanent piece of tableware

in their charming yet awkward naïve style

a dramatically hand painted fairground game

survive from the middle to latter part of nineteenth century Ireland

this little box could have been used as a locket

We have had painted tin room name plate labels from this period from Rudding Park House

with four main figures to the foreground and another four to the background

but died of a fit at his father-in-law's house on 1 June and was buried at Aylesbury

Perhaps one of the only rugs not named after the territory they belong to Khal Mohammadi rugs are actually named after the legendary figure that created the distinctive design

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