Antique Royal Taxidermy Stag by Spicer of Leamington

Antique Royal Taxidermy Stag by Spicer of Leamington

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Category
Taxidermist
Reference

27545

Vintage Taxidermy Stags Head by Peter Spicer.
A good shoulder mount of a Red Deer. The head is with 12 point antler and set looking slightly to his right, our left. The taxidermy head is mounted onto a shaped polished oak shield with ivorine plaque 'STRATHBRAN, 1920'. The rear of the backboard impressed 'P. Spicer & Sons, Taxidermists, Leamington'.

The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), or Red Stag, is one of the largest deer species that inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in north-western Africa. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated mammal still existing in the Netherlandss, United Kingdom and Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa. Only the stags have antlers, which are made of bone and grow at a rate of 2 ½ cm (1inch) a day. The antlers start growing in the spring and are shed each year, usually at the end of winter.

Dimensions:

Height 127 cm / 50 "
Width 63.5 cm / 25 "
Depth 55 cm / 21 "
Period

1900-1949

Year

1920

Medium

Taxidermy

Country

United Kingdom

EXHIBITIONS
#7 - It's The Magic Number
Condition

Very Good

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