6th May, 2021 12:00

From the Curious to the Extraordinary

 
  Lot 108
 

‘BIRD BRAIN’, ART PIECE IN VICTORIAN DOME, GENUINE HUMAN SKULL WITH ANTIQUE ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

‘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

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,200

 

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