Taxidermy display
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1900
Materials
Various taxidermy specimens including grouse, pheasant, duck, rabbit and bat
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287761.2
Summary
A collection of unfinished taxidermy specimens including grouse, pheasants, ducks, a kestrel, a bat and a rabbit, contained in a large oak taxidermy display case with glass panels to the side and front and a moulded cornice, the back lined with cream coloured paper. The display illustrates part of the working processes of a taxidermist.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.