A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Curios The company was eventually bought

The company was eventually bought out in 1946 by Downs Surgical

this outfit is commonly known as a Kamishimo dress and is typical of the Japanese Edo period

centered by a lyre above a laurel wreath

this example is completely original and thus proves hugely suggestive of its former life

but also because we see the painting presented as originally intended

A Pleasant Mid 20thC Case of a Preserved Taxidermy Shrew & Slow Worm sub-Curios The company was eventually boughtOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 The Case: Depth: 8. 5 inches, Width: 8. 5 inches, Height: 10 inches Encased in a perspex museum case with carrying handle, the shrew (Sorex araneus) watches, happy to cohabit with the slow worm (Anguis fragilis). The specimens, and the naturalistic setting they reside in, are in superb condition whilst the cases remain in good general order, with only minor light