A Museum Cased Taxidermy Pair of European Snipes by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles tinman and brush shears and

tinman and brush shears and his mark "Gambia" was recorded at 54 Scotland Street (Gells 1825)

) black painted frames

The bottles were blown in shape

The quintet of antique engraved engravings with the well executed hand colouring to each

The scrolling gilt and gesso frame having protruding masked corners in the form of mythical bearded males and scrolling shield crest to top

A Museum Cased Taxidermy Pair of European Snipes by Joseph Cullingford of Durham 1898 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles tinman and brush shears andOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1898 The Case: Depth: 9. 5 Width: 18 Height: 18 The beautifully preserved male and female common european snipes (Gallinago gallinago) poised in opposing positions, the female stood, with the male rendered in flight, housed within a typical Cullingford glazed museum case being square and faux oak painted, the interior beautifully sparse with buff paper backing and lacking in simulated