A Cased Taxidermy Pair of Tufted Ducks (Aythya fuligula), by Henry Shaw of Shrewsbury, a pair of full mounts, the male stood slightly above the female, both mounted upon faux rockwork amongst a naturalistic setting of tall grasses and moss, against a watercolour painted back board, enclosed within an ebonised single-glass display case, 57cm by 24.4cm by 48cm, bearing taxidermist's paper label to interior Henry Shaw Ornithologist Shoplatch Shrewsbury

Henry Shaw (1812-1887) was a notable 19th century taxidermist working in Shropshire