A Fine Museum Cased Taxidermy Spotted Crake c.1865-85, attributed to Robert Duncan of Newcastle Upon Tyne sub-Decorative Objects the painted pine drawer fronts

the painted pine drawer fronts are now evocatively chipped and worn

cormorants are supreme fishers

Unfortunately the records of these inventory labels were destroyed in a fire so we cannot find out more about when this piece was framed and who by even though we can see the number of 49098 clearly

and are truly arctic animals

A Fine Museum Cased Taxidermy Spotted Crake c.1865-85, attributed to Robert Duncan of Newcastle Upon Tyne sub-Decorative Objects the painted pine drawer frontsOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1865 85 The Case: Depth: 5 Width: 12. 25 Height: 9 The beautifully preserved Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), the specimen set poised upon a typical Duncan wooden block and housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case with original black painted surface, the whole being beautifully unassuming with its ivory paper backing, lacking in any form of simulated habitat, the