A unique, so far the only one in the world stuffed capercaillie on a stub — a synthesis of taxidermy, stone-cutting and jewelry art. The pedestal in the shape of a stub is made of petrified wood.
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus, 1758
The eyes are made in the technique of three —dimensional mosaic: the iris is a tiger’s eye (a cryptocrystalline variety of translucent quartz), pupils — onyx, cornea — transparent rhinestone. The eyebrow is a synthetic ruby. The beak is silver. 9250 (casting). In the beak of the grouse is citrine sun, symbolizing the dawn — the time when this «relic» bird of the Russian forests sings (talks).
Head of a capercaillie
Silver. 999°. Obtained by the method of argentumization of genuine bird legs. The claws are decorated with a gold coating.
Legs
Attention! Here are silver sculptures, in some cases fragmentary covered with multicolored gold and platinum.
There are no bones or organic remains of mollusk shells inside the items.
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Golden Safari presents a unique collection of trophy sculptures made of precious metals, the only one in the world.
The hunting trophy of ungulates - elk, deer, roe deer - are horns on the frontal bone or skull. Hunting trophy of predatory animals - bear, wolf, lynx - full skull. Capercaillie hunting trophy - a stuffed bird.
The cultural basis of the collections presented, is on the centuries-old experience of mankind from the Holy Scripture, Scythian «animal style», Western European Renaissance, High Renaissance aesthetics of Leonardo da Vinci (XV century), Northern (Flemish) Baroque to Art Nouveau «kink of times» at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries and modern ethical standards for displaying animal derivatives (hunting trophies).