Sheep head trophy
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Animal hair, skin, horn, wood and metal
Measurements
Height 670 mm; Width 560; Depth 520 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1551040
Summary
A hunting trophy of a bighorn sheep head with large, curved horns, mounted on an oval wooden back plate.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.