Red fox head
attributed to B. Higgs
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1897
Materials
A taxidermy fox head mounted on a wooden shield
Measurements
255 x 220 x 170 mm
Place of origin
Lostwithiel
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884852
Summary
A stuffed fox head or mask mounted on a wooden shield by B. Higgs, Taxidermist, Fore Street, Lostwithiel, and dated 1897.
Provenance
Unknown, probably acquired with the house, but shown in a photograph of the Smoking Room taken by John Bethell in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on label) Fox's Head./(initials? []AE?) 1897
Makers and roles
attributed to B. Higgs, taxidermist