A Comical Mid 20thC Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Rat, Modelled as Tommy Cooper sub-Curios Period: Late Eighteenth / Early

Period: Late Eighteenth / Early Nineteenth Century

The whole of the costume is original and slightly tired but thoroughly charming

the decoration is unusual

Being a matching pair these spurs represent a very rare find indeed and were perhaps used by a Cromwellian officer during the dissolution of the monasteries

and some looseness to the attachment of the cotton to the poles

A Comical Mid 20thC Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Rat, Modelled as Tommy Cooper sub-Curios Period: Late Eighteenth / EarlyOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 70 Depth: 5 inches (at maximum) Height: 6. 75 inches (at maximum) Tommy Cooper was born Thomas Frederick Cooper in Caerphilly, Wales on March 19, 1921. He was born 2 months prematurely and the doctors warned he might not make it through infancy. However, his resilient nature allowed him to endure and survive. He served initially in Montgomery's Desert Rats in Egypt. He