Fox mask
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Animal hair, skin, wood and metal
Measurements
Height 290 mm; Width 220 mm; Depth 270 mm
Place of origin
Banbury
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1551044
Summary
A stuffed fox mask mounted on a plain shield-shaped wooden back plate. Fox looks straight ahead, with mouth open. Label on rear by F. W. Bartlett.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: F. W. BARTLETT / TAXIDERMIST / 23 HIGH ST BANBURY / SKINS DRESSED / AND MADE UP TO / ORDER, HOOFS / AND HORNS, ETC / POLISHED AND / MOUNTED / HUNTING / TROPHIES OF ALL / DESCRIPTIONS SET / UP IN NATURAL / AND ARTISTIC / STYLES