Taxidermy display
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1900
Materials
Glass dome display case with taxidermy scarlet tanager, jacamar, hummingbirds, honeycreepers and parrot
Measurements
470 x 310 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 292240
Summary
Glass dome with mahogany base display with thirteen stuffed South American birds including a scarlet tanager, a jacamar, two hummingbirds, two honeycreepers and a small parrot. They have been arranged on twig-like branches on a base of rocks and grasses.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.