A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles an award which is elsewhere

an award which is elsewhere identified for his enormously famous “Shilling Colour Box”

Period: Mid Nineteenth Century

Height: 29 inches

with the overall size suggesting the telegraph has possibly come from a launch or tug boat

which points to concentrated infusion of clove water

A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles an award which is elsewhereOrigin: 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