Antique Rowland Ward 19th C Victorian lifesize bull’s head taxidermy

Antique Rowland Ward late 19th C Victorian lifesize bull’s head taxidermy with glass eyes on beautiful oak shield Rowland Ward paper label to the back of the shield. Provenance:...

Antique late 19th C Victorian lifesize bull’s head taxidermy with glass eyes on beautiful oak shield wearing a leather collar with brass bell The mount has a leather collar with bra...

English ornithological showcase containing 34 birds from India, Turkistan, Eastern China and south east Asia. Species preconvention 01/06/1947 can be commercialized in accordance wit...

The badger is an omnivorous mammal with short legs for digging. He has an elongated, weasel-like head with small ears. This specimen is a European badger or Meles meles and is bigger than his American counterparts. The female badger in the showcase has a deviation in its pigmentation, which the light spots on its coat can notice. Such an animal with partial loss of pigmentation is called leucistic. Unlike people with albinism who have no pigmentation, leucistic badgers don't have red eyes but black ones. The taxidermist who handled the animal was James Rowland Ward (London, 1848-1912). He learned the trade from his father and opened his own company, "Rowland Ward Limited" in London. He mainly made a name for himself with his taxidermy birds and large animal trophies...

Paper trade label present to the back of case.

Fine, original, Victorian dome of four Ruffs by Henry Ward (1812-78) of Vere Street, London. As a young man Ward was employed as a taxidermist by the legendary American naturalist an...

Bronze with black patina Limited edition of 8 Signed and numbered 1/8 on the back Monogram of the artist left side Stamp of the founder on the back.

English Victorian taxidermy group 19th Century composed of frogs playing musical instruments, fighting fencing, hunting and playing among plant motifs. Dome in glass, based on a wo...

Plaster bull head from a French Butcher's shop.

A rare antique zinc bull head from France, circa 1860. Originally used as a trade sign for a butcher shop. Wonderful condition, patina of various shades of g...

This intrigueing and playful Brutalist Bull's Head Sculpture signed Vlademar Valutis originates from Sweden, created in 1974. Featuring a stylized and texturally intriguing bull's he...

Originally from the Costa Brava in Spain, and brought to America near the turn of the last century, this incredible taxidermy blowfish with shells and Mediterranean sea elements rema...