Moose head
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Taxidermy moose head mounted on a wooden shield as a trophy
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499889
Summary
A stuffed moose head, mounted on a wooden shield, as a trophy. Reputedly shot by 1st Lord Newton in Canada in the nineteenth century.
Provenance
Original to the house. Shot by 1st Lord Newton in Canada. Mentioned in 1946 Sale Catalogue as 'mounted moose's head', lot no. 470.