1922 Cased Taxidermy Barn Owl

Description

Antique cased taxidermy Barn Owl (Tito Alba) from c1922 by John Cooper and Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke’s, London. A full mount adult perched upon a moss encrusted branch issuing from soil, pebble and moss covered groundwork, amidst tall grasses and fauna, set against an oil painted pale blue sky back board. Enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three glass display case with verre eglomise border. 

Taxidermist’s full paper trade label to interior upper left, gilt text to front glass, ‘Barn Owl, caught Sept 5th 1922, Bury, Amberley, Sussex’.

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Dimensions: 38.5cm X 16.5cm X 42cm.