Taxidermy display
attributed to J. Hutchings
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1929
Materials
Display case with taxidermy king cobra and taxidermy hummingbird
Measurements
895 x 505 x 280 mm
Place of origin
Aberystwyth
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 461375
Summary
Display case containing a stuffed king cobra and a hummingbird, arranged in a pictoral scene with the cobra reaching to catch the 'flying' hummingbird. The case is painted black and gilded around the glass panel on the front. The maker is Hutchings of Aberystwyth. The display dates from the early 20th century.
Provenance
An item from the Llanerchaeron collection, left to the National Trust in the will of John Powell Ponsonby Lewes in 1989
Makers and roles
attributed to J. Hutchings, taxidermist