Chick
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1900
Materials
Taxidermy merganser chick and vegetal
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287735.4
Summary
A stuffed merganser chick, one of three specemins in a rectangular wooden taxidermy display case with mahogany beading around a glass front, the interior decorated with a painted blue sky and white clouds scene. The chick is mounted standing in front of the female merganser duck at the left of the case.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.