Fox mask
Bartlett and Co.
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1938
Materials
Animal hair, skin, wood and metal
Place of origin
Banbury
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1551049
Summary
A stuffed fox mask with closed mouth, mounted on a wooden plain shield-shaped back plate, 1938, by F. W. Bartlett, Banbury. Inscription reads Killed at Tredegar Park 1938.
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: KILLED AT TREDEGAR PARK 1938 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
Makers and roles
Bartlett and Co., taxidermist