Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this piece to the 1880s.
A typical decorative case of taxidermy from the late 19th Century. In the manner of Shopland of Torquay. Unlabelled.
55.5cm High x 50cm Wide x 25cm Deep.
With the following:
Flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
Red-tailed Minla (Minla ignotincta) Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia
Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) Indian subcontinent, with resident and breeding populations in most of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, as well as parts of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenista
Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica) India and Southeast Asia
Crimson rumped waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga) Africa
Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) Indian subcontinent and south-western China
Thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) Eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, stretching from the Eastern Himalayas to Borneo and Sumatra.
European Roller (Coracias garrulus) Breeding in Europe. Its range extends into the Maghreb, West Asia and Central Asia.
Black-rumped flameback woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense) India
Pitta Bird India
For more information on Shopland of Torquay, see ‘A History of British Taxidermy’ by C. Frost published in 1987.
‘H.T Shopland of Torquay in Devon was responsible for some of the most attractive and distinct of all cases. A typical example contains beautiful glistening rocks extending right up the back and across the top of the glass sided case’
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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Victorian Taxidermy – Mixed Case of Eleven Foreign Birds.
