A Fine Victorian Taxidermy Butterfly-Mounted Cheval Fire Screen c.1880; Ex Pitt Rivers Museum sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus one hairline crack to the

one hairline crack to the upper left area and minor age-related movement

the whole having elegant tapering slender legs to a hinged sloping writing surface opening to reveal a partitioned interior

The mirror plate appears to be original with the backboards in place and a hanging hook integral to it

with hand pasted and painted black script to both sides on thick parchment paper reading “Special Gospel Meetings Elim Hall

They commonly exist on high ledges and rooftops and are frequently positioned out of view from common areas

A Fine Victorian Taxidermy Butterfly-Mounted Cheval Fire Screen c.1880; Ex Pitt Rivers Museum sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus one hairline crack to theOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England Date: c. 1880 Height: 44. 5 Width: 26 (to include balustrade mouldings) Depth: 12. 5 (at legs) The exquisite quality rectangular double sided cheval fire screen or room divider, inset with symmetrical arrangements of exotic butterflies and moths, totalling over five hundred specimens, the collection being glazed to a minimalist museum ivory buff ground