Taxidermy Dipper
Log #7012
Latin: Cinclus Cinclus
Size: approx. 27cm x 23cm x 12cm
Description: Taxidermy specimen of a Dipper in box-style case with naturalistic ground-work.
Walter Lowne was in business in Yarmouth from the 1870s until around 1913. As a young man, he lived next door to A. H. Patterson, who lent him a book on taxidermy. He was apprenticed to the carpentry trade upon leaving school, and practised taxidermy on only a part-time basis initially. He eventually gave up carpentry in favour of taxidermy, and took over the tenancy of a shop on Fuller's Hill which had previously been occupied by a gamedealer named Durrant. In 1891 a seven ton whale was killed near great yarmouth and taken to Lowne for preservation. The fee was 30 pounds. The finished product was exhibited in Norwich, London and Lowestoft, ending its days as one of Yarmouth's summer attractions.