6th May, 2021 12:00

From the Curious to the Extraordinary

 
  Lot 16A
 

RELICS OF EXTINCT BIRDS: A FEATHER OF A PARADISE PARROT, PSEPHOTUS PULCHERRIMUS

RELICS OF EXTINCT BIRDS: A FEATHER OF A PARADISE PARROT, PSEPHOTUS PULCHERRIMUS

Queensland, New South Wales, Last Confirmed Sighting 14/11/1927, of Natural History interest, in a display box,

the feather 22mm long

Provenance: from the collection of celebrated taxidermist Barry Williams.

Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London.

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.

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