Taxidermy display
William Alex Avery
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1898
Materials
Display case with taxidermy Tufted Duck and Goldeneye
Measurements
430 mm (H); 690 mm (W)
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1229449
Summary
Stuffed male Tufted Duck and a female Goldeneye, in a walnut display case with a glazed front, by William Alex Avery (Cragside's gamekeeper). Signed and dated 1898.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
William Alex Avery, taxidermist