£2,000 - £3,000
AN IMPRESSIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY DIORAMA OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS BY A. POLLARD OF LONDON.
Set within a mahogany case with a naturalistic setting, upon a table base with casters. Paper trade label within case inscribed “PRESERVED BY A. POLLARD, 8, PARK TERRACE, REGENT’S PARK, LONDON, N.W”.
Specimens: Australian king parrot, Red-winged parrot, Variegated fairywren, Regent bowerbird, Laughing kookaburra, Painted buttonquail, Scarlet myzomela, Forest kingfisher, Red-capped robin, Grey fantail, New Holland honeyeater, Crested Shrike-tit, Chestnut-breasted mannikin, Plum-headed finch, Scaly-breasted lorikeet, Eastern rosella, Red-backed fairywren, Blue-winged kookaburra, Common emerald dove, White-browed woodswallow and others.
(h 174.5cm x w 101cm x d 39cm)
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