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Description TAXIDERMY: A RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK COUNTRY HOUSE POST BOX WITH ORIGINAL LEOPARD SKULL FORMING THE LETTER SLOT, CIRCA 1880 the oak letter box of typical hexagonal form, with hinged door to the front and original key, fitted with a brass panel enclosing the paper label 'Post', the interior with paper label inscribed 'PRESERVED BY? H. BURTON 120 Wardour Street, London, W.',?the aperture for letters formed from a hole cut in to the base of the leopards skull, brass lined,? 53cm high x 25cm wide Illustrated and described on page 153 of ‘Taxidermy', by Alexis Turner, published by Thames & Hudson, 2013.? Signed hardback copy included with this lot.
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