A Pleasing c.1880 Ebonised Cased & Glazed Taxidermy Group of A Stoat & Kitten Rabbit sub-Curios but as this example is

but as this example is nineteenth-century

“What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can

this mask reminds us of the enduring power of pretence and the everlasting appeal of the theatre

though as a pair they still work together symmetrically

and the naturalistic settings they reside in

A Pleasing c.1880 Ebonised Cased & Glazed Taxidermy Group of A Stoat & Kitten Rabbit sub-Curios but as this example isOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 The Case: Depth: 7 inches Width: 17 inches Height: 17 inches Showing the juvenile rabbit, Jemima, crouched nervously in a crevice, waiting amongst grasses and mosses, as the stoat, Simon, stands, loitering overhead, in a single glass ebonised case with blue sky painted interior and three hanging hooks to the rear. Sweet teens, Jemima met Simon around 1873 and a half a