A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and now…

and now…

giving it a very endearing appeal

a truly rare example of preserved celebrity Pipistrellus pipistrellus taxidermy

Francis Duke of Bedford was granted a licence to keep deer in the park in 1690

and some had carved linen-fold or other decoration

A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and now…Origin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 The Case: Depth: 8. 5 inches, Width: 8. 5 inches, Height: 10 inches Encased in a perspex museum case with carrying handle, the shrew (Sorex araneus) watches, happy to cohabit with the slow worm (Anguis fragilis). The specimens, and the naturalistic setting they reside in, are in superb condition whilst the cases remain in good general order, with only minor light