A Fine & Large Mid 20thC Taxidermy Bison Head & Shoulder Mount sub-Antiques The lion depicted is a

The lion depicted is a typically English subject for this period but the other components of the piece are more continental in feel

the whole surviving from late Victorian period England

Nautilus shells were popular items in the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities and were often mounted by goldsmiths on a thin stem to make extravagant nautilus shell cups

The set of five nineteenth century black painted toleware canisters

the sagittal crest is low and short

A Fine & Large Mid 20thC Taxidermy Bison Head & Shoulder Mount sub-Antiques The lion depicted is aOrigin: American Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 60 Depth: 25 inches Height: 34 inches Width: 27. 75 inches (all approximate and with hair) The massive American bison (Bison bison) head and shoulder mount, also commonly known as the American buffalo, having a shaggy, long, dark brown winter coat and short curved horns, the whole preserved in excellent all round condition from the middle part of the twentieth century.