A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques The arms are particularly straight

The arms are particularly straight on these examples

Pectoralis

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

with the top beautifully surmounted by an acorn and its leaves

A Good Quality c.1940 Dome Cased Taxidermy Magpie on Ebonised Plinth sub-Antiques The arms are particularly straightOrigin: 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,