TAXIDERMY: A MID VICTORIAN CASE OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC RED SQUIRRELS, MANNER OF WALTER POTTER
TAXIDERMY: A MID VICTORIAN CASE OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC RED SQUIRRELS, MANNER OF WALTER POTTERdepicting pair of red squirrels sat on stools at a round table with turned base. Atop which lays a deck of cards, cup and decanter. Each squirrel with cards in their paws. One smoking a minature traditional clay tobacco pipe (another to bottom of case for the other squirrel - perhaps dislodged, or intentionally spat out!). Set amongst dried grasses and flowers. With a pair of swallows flying above. Five sided case with glazed front.the case 66cm wide x 46cm highIn all original unrestored condition. Fresh to market, having been discovered in a loft.
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TAXIDERMY: A MID VICTORIAN CASE OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC RED SQUIRRELS, MANNER OF WALTER POTTERdepicting pair of red squirrels sat on stools at a round table with turned base. Atop which lays a deck of cards, cup and decanter. Each squirrel with cards in their paws. One smoking a minature traditional clay tobacco pipe (another to bottom of case for the other squirrel - perhaps dislodged, or intentionally spat out!). Set amongst dried grasses and flowers. With a pair of swallows flying above. Five sided case with glazed front.the case 66cm wide x 46cm highIn all original unrestored condition. Fresh to market, having been discovered in a loft.
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