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Category
Wooden objects
Date
1900
Materials
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287858
Summary
A large rectangular shaped wooden taxidermy display case with glass front and sides, the front divided by two vertical bars. The inside of the case is decorated in paint with a scene of a lake surrounded by rushes with mountains behind. The case contains a large number of stuffed birds of various species including bitterns, a heron, curlews, a ruff, a ringed plover, a dipper, a dotterel. A greenshank, a redshank, a water rail, a bar tailed godwit, a dunlin, a sandpiper, a golden plover, a green sandpiper, a marsh sandpiper, a corncrake, a spotted crake, a whimbrel and a knot, most mounted on rocks and grass.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.