Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 1880s.
With additional inscription ‘Scarlet Tanager” inscribed to the verso of case.

This particular wall dome is one from an original set of four. All recently purchased from a private house, and not previously offered for sale.
28cm Diameter
For more information on this remarkable taxidermy firm, see “A History of British Taxidermy” by C. Frost………… ‘James Gardner was one of several British taxidermists to stand at the Great Exhibition in London 1851’.
Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 1880s.
Kendall house antiques a traditional shop in the north cotswold’s market town of chipping campden.
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