Fox mask
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1897
Materials
Animal hair, skin, wood and metal
Measurements
Height 290 mm; Width 225 mm; Depth 300 mm
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Tredegar, Newport
NT 1551046
Summary
A stuffed fox mask, with closed mouth and brown fur, mounted on a curved shield-shaped wooden back plate, 1897.
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: [...] / 1897 / TREDEGAR HOUSE / W. F. E.