Red deer head
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak mount with taxidermy red deer head
Measurements
1220 x 820 x 520 mm
Order this imageCollection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533585.9
Summary
A mounted taxidermy red stags head and neck. The antlers have a total of ten tines. Mounted by Peter Spicer on a rectangular oak shield. With paper label on the reverse of the mount. One of fourteen stuffed red deer heads, on oak shields.
Marks and inscriptions
Paper Label: ‘MOUNTED BY PETER SPICER, TAXIDERMIST AND PLUMASIER, 10, Victoria Terrace, Leamington. Birds and Animals preserved in a New and Artistic State. DRESSED & CONVERTED INTO CARRAGE, HEARTH, & TRAVELLING RUGS. BIRDS MOUNTED AS HANDS OR POLE SCREENS’