New arrival: (above) Beautiful arrangement of birds mounted by taxidermist John Leadbeater (b.1831-1888) of 19 Brewer Street, Golden Square West, London. Leadbeater (below) was chief taxidermist at the museum of Victoria and ornithologist to Queen Victoria. Intact trade label on bottom of base.
Photo: http://museumvictoria.com.au/
Black Gold was voted one of NYC’s best hybrid shops and cups of coffee by Time Out New York. See details HERE.
We entered the shop mascot, Rowsdower the Hyena in the Secret Science Clubs’s fifth annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest. Sommer (pictured below, credit: Ramsay de Give – WSJ) presented Rowsdower at the Brooklyn Bell House event and took Best Taxidermy. Stop by to see the winner and the trophy! Full Wall Street Journal write up HERE.
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