A Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top Hat

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A Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top HatOrigin: English Period: 21st Century & Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: The Mount c. 2013, the Hat c. 1905 Height: 15. 5 inches (the whole) Length: 16 inches Hat Diameter: 11. 5 inches (at maximum) The well preserved and mounted adult crow specimen perched on a tatty Edwardian period collapsible black silk top hat by Woodrow, 42, Cornhill, London. Dust of Snow by Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has

Origin: South American

with a darker slate base and distressed

2 - and the best you will find

the other is lacking

Fred was an admirer of Great British Art and saw the fairground as a huge canvas to create his bold statements of form and colour

the interiors with patent lock-clips surviving from a Boots chemist shop counter from the first quarter of the twentieth century

More unusual being fashioned in ivory rather than tan

The colours on show remain very vivid and include various shades of orange and yellow

With the soul in the shining eyes of him

the impressed rectangular mark containing the mark for Chapmann and Hall Ltd and the word Copyright is descreable after this

one adjustable shelf with one fixed shelf under

Over the years there has been some alterations and restoration with the upholstery being last carried out in the 1960s with period 17th century floral tapestry and later silk and velvet to cover the remaining carcass

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