An Attractive Mid 19thC Cased Taxidermy Wood Duck

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An Attractive Mid 19thC Cased Taxidermy Wood DuckOrigin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 The Case: Depth: 6 Width: 17 Height: 13. 5 The American wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) specimen housed within a sparse naturalistic setting of grasses and branches to a buff paper background, the whole housed in a beautifully crusty glazed display case with remnants of paint, surviving from the middle part of the nineteenth century. The overall composition is of a good

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