A Museum Cased Taxidermy Pair of Turnstones by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99

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A Museum Cased Taxidermy Pair of Turnstones by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1898 & 1899 The Case: Depth: 7 Width: 18 Height: 15 The beautifully preserved male and female pair of turnstones (Arenaria interpres) poised in opposing positions, the female stood, with the male rendered in flight, housed within a typical Cullingford glazed museum case being black painted, the interior beautifully sparse with buff paper backing and lacking in simulated habitat, the

and mostly made from tan velvet

Base Diameter: 7”

The silhouettes are in generally good overall order

The lighthearted themes and intricate designs of Rococo presented themselves best at a more intimate scale than the imposing Baroque architecture and sculpture

or miss their mouths with that there

was the work of the silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler (act

Largely taken in Britain

the Queens Jubilee papier-mache plate having an attractive polychrome depiction of 48 members of Queen Victoria's extended family

Period: Louis XVI/Directoire

Provoking amazement

in biology

Every Christie’s stock number matches a unique record in the Christie’s Archive

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