A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques clean-shaven

clean-shaven

emblazoned in joined scripted white stitch

The arms are particularly straight on these examples

The arrival of the newly-invented cast steel enabled razor-makers to produce ever sharper (and indeed blemish-free) blades

The frames are original and have been strengthened at some stage with small patches of webbed tape to the reverse

A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques clean-shavenOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 50 Height: 17. 5 inches (the whole) Height: 14. 5 inches (mount) Base Width: 14 inches The stuffed and mounted magpie perched on a naturalistic rocky outcrop under a good quality Victorian glass dome and raised on an ebonised plinth socle base survives preserved from the early to mid twentieth century. One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy,