Deer head
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Horn, Plaster, Wood
Measurements
19 in (h)12 in (w)
Order this imageCollection
Ashdown House, Oxfordshire
NT 493072.2
Summary
One of six mounted stag's heads. Smaller head held at ninety degrees from neck, with whites of his eyes painted in. Less elongated back with similar scrollwork and gadrooning. Painted plaster heads, real antlers, wooden shaped backs. Part of a set bequeathed by Elizabeth of Bohemia to the first Lord Craven.
Provenance
Part of a set bequeathed by Elizabeth of Bohemia to the first Lord Craven.