Comments on: A Case of Curiosities

A Case of Curiosities

Slagman — Sat, 15 May 2004 22:13:56 -0800

Boxing squirrels, the Kitten Princess of Winter, and the Birmingham Roller Diva with mouse skeleton are some of the odder exhibits in the Case of Curiosities. Taxidermy and assemblage inspired by fairy tales.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Sat, 15 May 2004 22:32:00 -0800

Those boxing squirrels are just too cute for words!

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 15 May 2004 22:32:11 -0800

[too good for words]

By: Satapher

Satapher — Sat, 15 May 2004 22:33:26 -0800

hahahaha -- what a coincidence

By: clockwork

clockwork — Sat, 15 May 2004 23:39:55 -0800

this is amazing. thanks.

By: verstegan

verstegan — Sun, 16 May 2004 01:49:32 -0800

Don't miss the page on this site devoted to Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities, discussed on Metafilter before but worth a second outing. I visited Potter's Museum many years ago, when it was in Arundel, Sussex. I was eight years old and thought it was wonderful. I couldn't understand why my parents hurried me past some of the exhibits (the two-headed lamb, the eight-legged kitten, etc) without letting me stop and have a proper look. Sadly the museum closed in 2002, and was broken up and sold at auction last September. The contents fetched over half a million pounds, with the photographer David Bailey and the artist Peter Blake among the buyers. Also worth visiting: the Victorian Taxidermy Company, with a wonderful collection of stuffed animals for sale at outrageous prices.