Taxidermy: Henry Shaw of Shrewsbury: A truly colossal glass dome containing three plumed birds of paradise (Paradises minor) 87cm high Very few domes of this size survive (this one being upwards of 150 years old); each was hand blown - an exhausting and difficult process. A particularly interesting thing about this item is that at the time of the item’s creation, very few birds of paradise would have reached Britain, so historically this would have been regarded as an exceptional piece. It was assembled by Henry Shaw of Shrewsbury, who was one of the major figures in early Victorian taxidermy, and the small label at the back of the dome’s groundwork is consistent with the style of label he was using in the early 1860s.
Taxidermy: Henry Shaw of Shrewsbury: A truly colossal glass dome containing three plumed birds of paradise (Paradises minor) 87cm high Very few domes of this size survive (this one being upwards of 150 years old); each was hand blown - an exhausting and difficult process. A particularly interesting thing about this item is that at the time of the item’s creation, very few birds of paradise would have reached Britain, so historically this would have been regarded as an exceptional piece. It was assembled by Henry Shaw of Shrewsbury, who was one of the major figures in early Victorian taxidermy, and the small label at the back of the dome’s groundwork is consistent with the style of label he was using in the early 1860s.
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