Fox mask
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Animal hair, skin, wood and metal
Measurements
Height 280 mm; Width 250 mm; Depth 250 mm
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Tredegar, Newport
NT 1551045
Summary
A stuffed fox mask with closed mouth, mounted with hanging brush on a curved shield-shaped wooden back plate. With attribution to huntsman B. Molyneux.
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
Front: VISCOUNT TREDEGAR'S HOUNDS / HUNTSMAN B. MOLYNEUX