A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & Redshank

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A Late 19thC Taxidermy Study of a Cormorant & RedshankOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1910 The Case: Depth: 8. 5 Width: 19. 75 Height: 22 The duo of seabirds, one a cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae) the other a redshank (Tringa totanus) within a sparse setting of a coastal rocky outcrop set upon a buff paper background, the whole housed in a generously sized ebonised display case surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century in good overall

single frieze drawer with period drop handle

emitting light beautifully

each on the original brass castors (one now replaced to porcelain) with brass gadrooned rings

There are no holes or tears and thus the condition remains in that desirable place between well worn and vintage

which only serves as a satisfying nod to the items age

The piece is hand signed ‘Alan Friswell’ to its base

Ebony is a very slow growing hardwood and was imported from British India and was a popular vanity set material with both men and women from around the turn of the century to the 1920s which is when the timber became too rare and expensive to be economically viable

Making a prominent statement this is a high quality decorator’s piece

The inky field densely populated with geometrical motifs highlighted in moss green and filled with a chocolate brown center

Robert Gillow began making furniture around 1730

The colours used in this example are still vivid and the depictions are charmingly naïve

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