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Taxidermy marine specimen: a Sickle Pomfret fish, Italy 1870.

$2,995.36
£2,229.44
€2,500
CA$4,102.89
A$4,563.31
CHF 2,382.82
MX$55,530.66
NOK 30,432.25
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DKK 19,031.63
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About the Item

Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed sickle pomfret (Familia: Bramidae. Genus: Taractes. Species: Rubescens). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and tilts and locked with a double-wing brass hinge. The rotating base is in gray-green lacquered wood. Treated with color with a shade of blue. Eyes in glass paste. Italy circa 1870.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1870
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU917141105932

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