Bird
B. Corbett
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
2 Dec 1815
Materials
Display case with taxidermy birds
Measurements
279 x 278 x 108 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584298
Summary
A stuffed pair of Golden Chest wrens in a display case. [Top image]
Provenance
Given with the property to The National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt. [1870 - 1958].
Marks and inscriptions
On glass bottom center : Brown label - Written in black ink - Golden Crest Wren. (Regulus Auricapillus) Inside display case left hand side: B. Corbett Feb 1812 Back of display case : Brown square label - Printed in black ink - B Corbett Dealer in Turnery, Toys & Stationary. Preserver of Birds, Quadrupedes & Insects, To imitate life, No 2 John Street, Oxford Market, N.B All kinds of curiosities bought sold or exchanged.
Makers and roles
B. Corbett, taxidermist