African birds fire screen
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Log #6087
Size: Approx. 112cm x 66cm x 36cm
Description: Early Victorian, walnut fire screen containing taxidermy birds of Africa. These things we're used as a decorative fireplace feature in wealthy households during the summer months when the fire was not lit.
Birds include:
Pair of Red bishops
Pair of Red-rumped waxbills
Lavender waxbill
Emerald cuckoo
Klaas cuckoo
Norina trogon
Two Long-tailed widow birds
Double collared sunbird
Hunters sunbird
Olive bellied sunbird
Red chested sunbird
and one other bird we can't identify.