Pheasant
P. Spicer & sons
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Feather, skin, grass, wood and glass
Measurements
Height 518 mm; Width 855 mm; Depth 300 mm
Place of origin
Royal Leamington Spa
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552398
Summary
A stuffed male pheasant in rectangular display case, glazed on three sides. Cock pheasant, with very white plumage, in grass, with forest landscape painted on back board behind.
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
Pebble, in back right corner of case: P. Spicer & Sons / Leamington
Makers and roles
P. Spicer & sons , taxidermist