A Cased Taxidermy Little Auk c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage On we walked

On we walked

yet could also remain rigid when held in position

each an exercise in capturing a particular character or unusual pose

an 18th Century architect known for his works at Croft and Powis Castle among others

or maybe these were the sculptors own teeth

A Cased Taxidermy Little Auk c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage On we walkedOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 11. 5Width: 9Depth: 4. 5The preserved little auk (Alle alle), posed upon a naturalistic setting of a rocky outcrop with grasses to a sky blue sky, presented in its original wooden lantern shaped case with sloping top being glazed on three sides, the borders being lined in paper to imitate an exotic wood, the whole surviving from the zeniths of Victorian period England. The