“The mysterious death of Miss Nellie Pratt”. Nellie was the granddaughter of one of the original Pratt Taxidermists, and sister…
thevelvetdrawingroom20 April 2025
Photo: TennantsWhat you notice when looking at (the very few) taxidermy bird items from Ledot Paris, like these being sold…
thevelvetdrawingroom14 April 2025
This cabinet is for sale Rare antique cabinet of Scarlet Ibis by Edward Gerrard for sale Rare antique cabinet of…
thevelvetdrawingroom14 April 2025
Victorian domed taxidermy Monal Pheasant by Peter Spicer An unusual high-quality domed Monal Pheasant by Peter Spicer is discovered in…
thevelvetdrawingroom5 February 2025
Walter Burton FZS, Naturalist, Taxidermist & Entomologist Walter Burton 1854-1913 Walter Burton FZS was the youngest son of Victorian Naturalist…
thevelvetdrawingroom13 January 2025
Walter Burton, His Customer and the Victorian Snake Tattoo In 1907 Edward Aubrey Courtauld Lowe, who commissioned two wild cats…
thevelvetdrawingroom2 January 2025
Joseph Robert Burton Victorian Taxidermist 1842 - 1909 Employees of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand in about 1881 with…
thevelvetdrawingroom30 December 2024
120 & 191 Wardour Street, London The firm of Henry James Burton & Son 1850 - 1913 Henry James Burton…
thevelvetdrawingroom2 January 2025
I discovered that the customer who commissioned the cats from Walter Burton FZS lived at the historic Gosfield Hall in…
thevelvetdrawingroom7 December 2024
