A Good Contemporary Taxidermy Crow Mounted on an Edwardian Period Top Hat

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Origin: English
Period: 21st Century & Edwardian
Provenance: Unknown
Date: The Mount c.2013, the Hat c.1905
Height: 15.5 inches (the whole)
Length: 16 inches
Hat Diameter: 11.5 inches (at maximum)

The well-preserved and mounted adult crow specimen perched on a tatty Edwardian period collapsible black silk top hat by Woodrow, 42, Cornhill, London.

Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
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