A Fine Vintage Taxidermy Fallow Deer Buck Head Mount on Hardwood Shield sub-Curios HMS Lawford

HMS Lawford

When walking around his town of St Swithens

he made people stop and think what they value in a picture

now beautifully flaked

also known as plantation or louvre shutters are so called supposedly after Louis XIV’s favourite pastimes

A Fine Vintage Taxidermy Fallow Deer Buck Head Mount on Hardwood Shield sub-Curios HMS LawfordOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Width: 26 inches (with antlers) Depth: 15. 5 inches (at maximum) Throughout his life, Hardy was known as the quiet one, a wonderful specimen, he remains in fantastic overall condition. Hardy was mounted on a hardwood shield in the middle of the twentieth century when he perished due to natural causes; the only areas of loss now, are to the very tips of the ears.