A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques with the top beautifully surmounted

with the top beautifully surmounted by an acorn and its leaves

Pectoralis

The frames are original and have been strengthened at some stage with small patches of webbed tape to the reverse

The first cork life jacket was patented in 1765 by Dr John Wilkinson and early cork jackets were commonly in use from the 1880 era into the 1930’s

four pheasants

A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques with the top beautifully surmountedOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 50 Height: 17. 5 inches (the whole) Height: 14. 5 inches (mount) Base Width: 14 inches The stuffed and mounted magpie perched on a naturalistic rocky outcrop under a good quality Victorian glass dome and raised on an ebonised plinth socle base survives preserved from the early to mid twentieth century. One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy,