A Fine Vintage Taxidermy Fallow Deer Buck Head Mount on Hardwood Shield sub-Curios the turned pilasters do have

the turned pilasters do have some movement though the organ still has its original ceramic feet

The veins and arteries in one of the specimens would have once been double injected blue and red but no colour now remains

There is some wear to the painted label and royal coat of arms is rubbed

Here lies Charlie the foxes pad beautifully preserved on an oak shield with ivorine plaque inscribed “Staff College Drag Hunt Pirbright 1939” and paper label verso “F

Deeply evocative

A Fine Vintage Taxidermy Fallow Deer Buck Head Mount on Hardwood Shield sub-Curios the turned pilasters do haveOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Width: 26 inches (with antlers) Depth: 15. 5 inches (at maximum) Throughout his life, Hardy was known as the quiet one, a wonderful specimen, he remains in fantastic overall condition. Hardy was mounted on a hardwood shield in the middle of the twentieth century when he perished due to natural causes; the only areas of loss now, are to the very tips of the ears.