Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Northern Hobby ( Falco subbuteo),...

Lot Description:

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Northern Hobby ( Falco subbuteo), dated 1905, a full mount adult perched upon a small cut tree branch, issuing from natural ferns and tall grasses, above soil covered groundwork, set against a pale blue wash painted back drop, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass table display case, 31.5cm by 15cm by 41.5cm, inscribed in pencil to verso of the case ''cased 22/10/05, restored 26/11/26''.