Taxidermy: A Cased Common Bream (Abramis brama), by John Cooper & Sons, 78 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, (Griggs), preserved and mounted in a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a painted graduated green back drop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 64cm by 18cm by 36.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left, gold legend to front glass - "Bream. 4lbs 3½ozs, Caught at Cheshunt by C. Johnson 30th June 1943"

This case is by William Griggs who took over the running of John Cooper from around 1933 and carried on trading from Bath Road, Hounslow until he passed away in 1953, William (Bertie) Griggs was regarded as one of the master exponents of preserving fish and his skills can be clearly seen within this case