Taxidermy display
attributed to J. Hutchings
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1929
Materials
Display case with taxidermy polecat, taxidermy marten, and taxidermy starling
Measurements
705 x 580 x 200 mm
Place of origin
Aberystwyth
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 461406
Summary
A display case containing a stuffed polecat and a stuffed, faded marten with its prey, a dead starling. All are arranged in a pictorial scene with one above the other on a rock outcrop. The case is painted black and gilded around the glass panel on the front. The maker is Hutchings of Aberystwyth, and 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