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A late Victorian cased…
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Melbourne
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20-Nov-2023
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A late Victorian cased taxidermy diorama of south American birds, late 19th century, an array of colourful birds of various species perched on tree twigs above a naturalistic earth floor with beetles, in a hardwood-framed case glazed to all sides, 91 cm high, 90 cm wide, 17 cm deep. Provenance: lady Primrose potter, AC, originally forming part of a pair, belonging to William McCann. One of the pair was gifted to Janet Lee Bouvier, mother to Jackie Onassis, the other to lady potter.
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Industry Science & Technology: Natural History