Furniture, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Tribal Art - 3rd April 2012

Lot 663

A Victorian display of exotic stuffed birds by Thomas Mutlow Williams

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £1700

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Description

A Victorian display of exotic stuffed birds by Thomas Mutlow Williams, in a naturalistic setting, with a small trade plaque inscribed 'T. M. WILLIAMS, NATURALIST 155 OXFORD STRT, OPPOSITE BOND ST', under a glass dome and on a rosewood base with disc feet, 28.75in (73cm) h, 19.5in (49.5cm) w. Thomas Mutlow Williams employed Rowland Ward's father Henry as his Chief Taxidermist Artist and exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851.