A Museum Cased Late Victorian Pair of Taxidermy Dunlins by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99 sub-Antiques though this piece is earlier

though this piece is earlier which is easily surmised by the beautiful wear and patination it shows

There is a visible joint to left shoulder

The convex shape was very popular in the Regency period and appeared in many forms

almost everyone carried matches

The subdued palette

A Museum Cased Late Victorian Pair of Taxidermy Dunlins by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99 sub-Antiques though this piece is earlierOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1898 & 1899The Case: Depth: 6. 5Width: 15Height: 15The beautifully preserved male and female pair of Dunlins ( Calidris alpina) poised in opposing positions, the male stood, with the female rendered in flight, housed within a typical Cullingford glazed museum case being square and black painted, the interior beautifully sparse with buff paper backing and lacking in simulated habitat, the