Victorian taxidermy – Pair of Waxwings in snow scene. Circa 1900

Victorian taxidermy – Pair of Waxwings in snow scene. Circa 1900

£ 875

The birds beautifully modelled against a charming water colour backdrop, the branches laden with well modelled red berries, all in a typical ebonised case (glazed to three sides), an old handwritten label to the verso of the case reads:

“Waxwings.
………..Beverley on
……………..Mark Foster
………R Bell
…………..Beverley and
………… naturalist Beverly (probably read ‘taxidermist & naturalist Beverley’)
…………………by R Chapman Keld Gate Beverly” (Yorkshire).

38cm high, 38cm wide, 13.5cm deep.

Ref: 26758