Taxidermy: An Anthropomorphic Mice Diorama titled ''The Band of Hope'', circa mid-late 19th century, a wonderful whimsical anthropomorphic diorama of twenty-five instrument playing mice, a vole conductor to the fore directing the band, the majority positioned upon a curved stage above the remaining band members below upon a papered floor, set against a period decoupage decorated interior, enclosed within a period crescent shaped single-glass display case, 42.5cm by 20cm by 18.5cm