A Museum Cased Late Victorian Pair of Taxidermy Dunlins by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99 sub-Macabre- Medicine After release

After release

the build quality far superior to any of its contemporary peers

showing traces of the original gilding

The frame is of good quality and remains sturdy and strong having been tightened

with the original brass drop handles and escutcheons to each

A Museum Cased Late Victorian Pair of Taxidermy Dunlins by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898/99 sub-Macabre- Medicine After releaseOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1898 & 1899The Case: Depth: 6. 5Width: 15Height: 15The beautifully preserved male and female pair of Dunlins ( Calidris alpina) poised in opposing positions, the male stood, with the female rendered in flight, housed within a typical Cullingford glazed museum case being square and black painted, the interior beautifully sparse with buff paper backing and lacking in simulated habitat, the