A Superb Early 20thC Natural History Taxidermy Specimen of an Armadillo Shell Basket on Stand

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A Superb Early 20thC Natural History Taxidermy Specimen of an Armadillo Shell Basket on StandOrigin: English Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 10 Height: 14 inches Depth: 7 inches Width: 9. 5 inches (all at maximum) Brass rod mounted on a quality ebony enamelled bell shaped plinth ceramic stand with plush velvet pad top, the armadillo basket having a curled tail up over the shell towards the head to form a handle, survives from the Edwardian period. In very fine order with light general wear commensurate with age to

Design registered in England No

“Business is the art of extracting money from another’s pocket

of plum velvet and line in mauve satin

and it is one of the most popular inventions of the marvellous world of optical illusion

tiles were often having a red-brown ground and an overlaying design in buff with the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey having one of the most famous of medieval tiled floors

The condition is good with only one section to the rear bottom lacking

Difficult to find in such immaculate order

A beautifully proportioned set

Semple (1993) describes the Black Prison as follows:

bearing the spine

The series of twenty blackface postcards of children acting and posing in different settings

Walsh then began a teacher-training course in Liverpool and continued to show his work around England

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