A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Fruit Bat sub-Natural History Whether to be restored or

Whether to be restored or not

He worked on many building projects for Doulton including stone friezes at Sandringham Church

William Smith of Warwick who created drive gate-piers for the First Lord Gower

The technique is at least a thousand years old

As such it makes it rather unique and lovely that someone has cherished it enough to commission a good repair

A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Fruit Bat sub-Natural History Whether to be restored orOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 16 Base Diameter: 11. 25 The rare preserved mature fruit bat, posed hanging upside down, to a grassy naturalistic base, and housed in its original glass domed case to ebonised base and rope twist border, the whole surviving from the zeniths of Victorian period England. The specimen is presented in very good condition considering the relative fragility and age. The entire