A Sublime Museum Cased Taxidermy Female Teal c.1865-85, by R.Duncan of Newcastle Upon Tyne sub-Curios There are a few very

There are a few very small marks here and there and evidence of use but nothing that detracts

With the two figures and the swooping phoenix to the center we may interpret one figure as possibly Serena

or to extract the heart and burn it

Amongst important events in the year of 1778

A Sublime Museum Cased Taxidermy Female Teal c.1865-85, by R.Duncan of Newcastle Upon Tyne sub-Curios There are a few veryOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1865 1885 The Case: Depth: 6 Width: 16 Height: 12 The beautifully preserved female teal duck (Anas Crecca) the specimen set upon a typical Duncan wooden block and housed within a beautiful scientific sparse museum case, the pine sides in the original painted black, the whole being beautifully unassuming with ivory paper backing, signed R. Duncan to the top left corner, and lacking