A Wonderful c.1870 Gilded Architectural Bird Cage with Ornithological Taxidermy Studies sub-Curios this is a wonderfully absorbing

this is a wonderfully absorbing and enduringly romantic example of collecting in the nineteenth century

The specimens themselves are in super order with 95% remaining in tact and pinned

There are three castes of honey bees: queens

The Victorians would have enjoyed the novelty and exotic undertones of these candle sticks opposed to the regular brass examples more commonly found at the time

She could almost be the creation of a cubist medieval Georgian love triangle and we suspect she could have been a private commission

A Wonderful c.1870 Gilded Architectural Bird Cage with Ornithological Taxidermy Studies sub-Curios this is a wonderfully absorbingOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 80 Width: 15. 75 inches Height: 24. 25 inches Depth: 11. 5 inches (all at maximum) The Victorian period gilded bird cage with a pair of taxidermy studies of a yellow canaries on perches, the cage with four etched decorative glass panels, two wire work and embellished drink and food feeders with original ceramic liners with base to pull out drawer. There is some