Taxidermy: Short-Toed Treecreepers & European Treecreepers, dated 1939, by Ernst Flükiger, Interlaken, Switzerland, a pair of full mount adults, male and female, one sat atop a painted cut branch, the other clinging to the trunk, mounted above painted faux groundwork beneath, overall height 19.5cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade / data label to underside, Ernst Flükiger supplied James Harrison with many cabinet skins and mounted specimens of European birds, they were neatly prepared and his skills were acknowledged in Harrison's Bird Taxidermy (1964 - and later edition) by both editions being dedicated to him as - "My old friend Ernst Flükiger of Interlaken, Switzerland, a Past Master of the Art", together with a pair of full mount adult European Treecreepers, mounted by Dr James Harrison male and female, both clinging to a short tree stump, mounted upon a square beach wood base, overall height 33.5cm, bearing Dr James Harrison data label to underside - December 22nd & 26th, 1939, Sevenoaks, Kent, (4).
Taxidermy: Short-Toed Treecreepers & European Treecreepers, dated 1939, by Ernst Flükiger, Interlaken, Switzerland, a pair of full mount adults, male and female, one sat atop a painted cut branch, the other clinging to the trunk, mounted above painted faux groundwork beneath, overall height 19.5cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade / data label to underside, Ernst Flükiger supplied James Harrison with many cabinet skins and mounted specimens of European birds, they were neatly prepared and his skills were acknowledged in Harrison's Bird Taxidermy (1964 - and later edition) by both editions being dedicated to him as - "My old friend Ernst Flükiger of Interlaken, Switzerland, a Past Master of the Art", together with a pair of full mount adult European Treecreepers, mounted by Dr James Harrison male and female, both clinging to a short tree stump, mounted upon a square beach wood base, overall height 33.5cm, bearing Dr James Harrison data label to underside - December 22nd & 26th, 1939, Sevenoaks, Kent, (4).
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