A Wonderful c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Ring-Necked Parakeet & Black Eared Wheatear by W.C. Shelbrooke sub-Antiques When Christie's auctioned their collection

When Christie's auctioned their collection at Wookey Hole

the sitter is holding a staff

Having a three wide bordered design with small central field

The unusual nineteenth century painted mask with mouth and eye cavities

passed over a rainbow

A Wonderful c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Ring-Necked Parakeet & Black Eared Wheatear by W.C. Shelbrooke sub-Antiques When Christie's auctioned their collectionOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1910 The Case: Depth: 5. 5 inches Width: 11 inches Height: 19 inches The ring necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and black eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) specimens housed within a naturalistic setting of grasses and branches with a nave and whimsically painted background of palm trees, the whole housed in a stained and glazed display case preserved by W. C.