A Very Fine Contemporary Taxidermy Barn Owl Mounted in Flight sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles stripped and mechanical aesthetic of

stripped and mechanical aesthetic of this piece makes it a wonderfully curious and ever so slightly disturbing splinter of shop display history and a decorative one at that

The frame is in very good order aside from one scuff to the lower part

often mentions his ‘gouty Bootikins’

Jesse Boot sold the company to the American United Drug Company

which was unusual for the period

A Very Fine Contemporary Taxidermy Barn Owl Mounted in Flight sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles stripped and mechanical aesthetic ofOrigin: English Period: 21st Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 2013 Height: 22 inches (at maximum) Wingspan: 14. 5 inches (approximately) The well preserved and mounted adult barn owl (Tyto alba) specimen on an oval mount is in superb condition. While Annas Peers and Early Playmates Tread, by William Wordsworth WHILE Anna's peers and early playmates tread, In freedom, mountain turf and river's marge; Or float with music in the festal barge; Rein