TAXIDERMY: A COLLECTION OF NINE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY EX-MUSEUM WET / PICKLED SPECIMENS IN GLASS JARS comprising: Whiptail Lizard (Ameiva festiva), Colombia, British Museum c1880, rectangular jar, 16.5cm h x 11.5cm x 6.5cm, Pipe fish, dated 1936, rectangular jar, 20cm h x 11cm x 5.5cm, Scorpion*, cylindrical jar, 19cm h, Toad, dissected, labelled for Dr Schluter & Dr Maas, 15cm h x 14cm x 10cm, Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita), dated July 1938, Norfolk, 13cm h x 9cm x 5cm, Black frog? 10cm h x 9cm x 7cm, American Bullfrog (Pipa Americana), c1940, 19cm h, Field Mouse, 13cm h, Lizard 13cm h, (9) The above pickled specimens marked with * are photographed and described on pages 44 & 45 of Taxidermy, by Alexis Turner, published by Thames & Hudson, 2013.
TAXIDERMY: A COLLECTION OF NINE LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY EX-MUSEUM WET / PICKLED SPECIMENS IN GLASS JARS comprising: Whiptail Lizard (Ameiva festiva), Colombia, British Museum c1880, rectangular jar, 16.5cm h x 11.5cm x 6.5cm, Pipe fish, dated 1936, rectangular jar, 20cm h x 11cm x 5.5cm, Scorpion*, cylindrical jar, 19cm h, Toad, dissected, labelled for Dr Schluter & Dr Maas, 15cm h x 14cm x 10cm, Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita), dated July 1938, Norfolk, 13cm h x 9cm x 5cm, Black frog? 10cm h x 9cm x 7cm, American Bullfrog (Pipa Americana), c1940, 19cm h, Field Mouse, 13cm h, Lizard 13cm h, (9) The above pickled specimens marked with * are photographed and described on pages 44 & 45 of Taxidermy, by Alexis Turner, published by Thames & Hudson, 2013.
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