Red fox head
attributed to T. Jeffreys (fl.1875)
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
15 Sep 1875
Materials
Taxidermy fox head mounted on a wooden plaque as a trophy
Measurements
290 x 230 x 210 mm
Place of origin
Aberystwyth
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 461395
Summary
A stuffed fox mask head, mounted on shield-shaped wooden plaque, as a trophy. Below the headis a shield-shaped badge, gilded, with black lettering. Badge reads 'Killed at Coedmawr, Sept 15th 1875'. On the back a label reads 'T, Jeffreys, Carver and Gilder, Looking Glass and Picture Frame Maker, Kings Street, Carmarthen, animals, birds and fish neatly preserved'.
Provenance
An item from the Llanerchaeron collection, left to the National Trust in the will of John Powell Ponsonby Lewes in 1989
Marks and inscriptions
T, Jeffreys, Carver and Gilder, Looking Glass and Picture Frame Maker, Kings Street, Carmarthen, amimals, birds and fish neatly preserved (label)
Makers and roles
attributed to T. Jeffreys (fl.1875), carver attributed to T. Jeffreys (fl.1875), gilder