George Ashmead & Co. (British)

the sixteen specimens collected from Australia, Africa and South America in various poses on naturally painted tree and rocky base, glass dome vitrine cover, on timber oval base, 1862 Award Sticker verso

Measurements:

height 67 cm width 43 cm depth 23 cm

Provenance:

Exhibited in the 1862 Great London Exposition at the Crystal Palace; Purchased London c. 1930; thence by descent, Private Collection, Canberra

• EStimate $2,000 - $3,000