Taxidermy display case
Peter Spicer (1839-1935)
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Taxidermy display case of a bird
Measurements
535 x 631 x 327 mm
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271427
Summary
A taxidermy display containing a Pintail Duck mounted on a rock in a glass fronted case, with a printed landscape backdrop. Signed pebble front right - taxidermist 'Peter Spicer, Leamington'.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960).
Marks and inscriptions
Front right.: Signed pebble front right - taxidermist 'Peter Spicer, Leamington'.
Makers and roles
Peter Spicer (1839-1935), taxidermist