Animal
High Chest with Stepped Display
Gallery, ca. 1745
Attributed to Christopher Townsend
Newport, Rhode Island
Mahogany with tulip poplar

An array of North American birds,
wild and domestic, and also 3 exotic
parrakeets.
Hermaphrodite Deer,
“a real sport of nature.”
{Lent by Eric Ferguson}

Please note: No animals were
harmed to create this display