Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Golden and Ring-necked Pheasant

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Golden and Ring-necked Pheasant Hybrid, 1870-1900, by James Gardner, Taxidermy, 29-31 Oxford Street, London, W1, Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Golden and Ring-necked Pheasant Hybrid, 1870-1900, by James Gardner, Taxidermy, 29-31 Oxford Street, London, W1, a high-quality full-mount adult hybrid cockbird, with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon painted simulated groundwork, amidst natural dry grasses, ferns and fauna, set against a painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case, 101.5cm by 21.5cm by 50.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso. The company of James Gardner was known as a purveyor of very high-quality diorama cases and held Royal Warrants for Her Majesty Queen Victoria, The Royal Families of England & France and His Highness The Khedive of Egypt, thus establishing their name in the annals of taxidermy history Provenance: The Property of an American Collector

Estimate:£150

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