Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Display of Corncrakes with Chicks (Crex crex), by James Gardner, 29, Late 426 Oxford Street, London, a pair of Corncrakes male and female, the female feeding one of her chicks, the male stood above with two chicks beneath, all mounted upon faux rock work with brush, tall grasses, moss and fauna, enclosed within a later five-glass table display case with oak base, 46cm by 23.5cm by 47cm including base, taxidermists small paper trade label to interior rock work,

The company of James Gardner was known as a purveyor of very high quality diorama cases and held Royal Warrants for Her Majesty Queen Victoria, The Royal Families of England & France and His Highness The Khedive of Egypt, thus establishing their name in the annals of taxidermy history