A Scarce Early Mummified Rat Under a Glass Dome From Furness Abbey, Lancashire

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A Scarce Early Mummified Rat Under a Glass Dome From Furness Abbey, LancashireOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 6 inches (the Dome) Diameter: 5. 5 inches (the Dome) Length: 4 inches (the Rat) The dried rat displayed in a later glass dome on ebonised oval plinth with annotated museum labeling to the underside; Found Embedded In The Original Masonry of Furness Abbey, Lancashire survives from the post medieval period. Condition is good, given age and fragility, the whole

often known as Stile Liberty in Italy

and is surprisingly powerful

He then realized he had no established pattern

from over 3500 years ago

This original piece of Walter Potter taxidermy is a lasting tribute to a man who had a wonderful sense of humour and a skill at preservation and represents a golden opportunity to be the next custodian of a slice of Victorian sideshow museum history

the tin quipping ‘None is genuine unless signed’

The Largest

’ which happily helps us to date the table rather accurately

survives from the middle of the twentieth century in near perfect condition

there can surely be no equal

the printed Union Jack flag in soft thin cotton is in good overall order with a super consistent gentle fade across the fabric particularly to the blue

also acting as the stopper

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