6th May, 2021 12:00
‘BIRD BRAIN’, ART PIECE IN VICTORIAN DOME, GENUINE HUMAN SKULL WITH ANTIQUE ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS,
an antique ex-medical incomplete genuine half human skull, with dissected jaw, showing roots of teeth. Mounted on brass post. With ornithological specimens emanating from the main brain cavity. To include a blown domestic goose egg; antique carrion crow head; peacock feathers; antique South American taxidermy bird head and feathers; mummified magpie foot; pheasant toe; duckling foot. All mounted within a Victorian hand-blown glass dome with ebonised base, finished with purple rope-twist trim.
Dimensions - 54cms tall, 29cms wide, 17.5cms deep
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