A Super Mounted Taxidermy Juvenile Wild Boar c.1890 sub-Curios The domed and hinged cover

The domed and hinged cover intricately worked in high relief with doves amongst scrolls

He was born to two drug addled parents

Expert wheel restorer and wood turner David Byrant carried out the restoration work with the rebuilding of the bobbin whorl and a new footman

The case is original but has seen better days with the top detached from the lower and the leather strap with losses

to celebrate Titanic and her links with Belfast

A Super Mounted Taxidermy Juvenile Wild Boar c.1890 sub-Curios The domed and hinged coverOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Width: 17 inches (the board) Depth: 4. 5 inches (the board) The Piglet: 16. 5 inches long The stuffed juvenile wild boar piglet, mounted on an ebonised board, survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century and is presented in superb order. Whilst most piglets enjoyed being allowed to be a non productive drain on society and not feel guilty about it and staring