A Good Quality Victorian Dome Cased Taxidermy White Cockatoo c.1880 sub-Curios Whale bone was ideally suited

Whale bone was ideally suited for the task

because of their owners' little regard for their value

The colours selected here are very well balanced and

There are small sections of loss to the frieze and some damages to the base

A Good Quality Victorian Dome Cased Taxidermy White Cockatoo c.1880 sub-Curios Whale bone was ideally suitedOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 25. 5 (the whole) The Base: 13. 5 Wide x 9 Deep The stuffed and mounted White or Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua alba, in good overall condition, perched amidst a well executed naturalistic setting with butterflies, flora and fauna, under a good quality late Victorian glass dome with gold velvet lining on a rectangular base and raised on an ebonised plinth with gold rope twist