Skulls of Wild Britain
From Birds to Mammals: Skulls to admire.
We have the skulls of around 20 species on offer. All are finished to the same high quality printed at a layer height of 0.1mm and painted by eye from the originals. It’s an amazing thing to compare a hedgehog skull to a seal skull and see the similarities. Whether used as an educational aid or to complete a collection these pieces are all unique and show the amazing intricacy of nature’s designs.
Seal Skull
The Common Seal is protected under conservation laws and their skulls are rare to find. This, our largest replica skull offering includes both the cranium and jaw. When holding this skull you can see how seals can pack a powerful bite, their teeth designed for hunting a wide variety of sea creatures.
Herring Gull Skull
Some of our more intricate skulls are printed in two parts, the herring gull replica is such an example. The delicate jugal or zygomatic bone which defines the base of the cranium below the eye socket is often broken or fractured in bird skull specimens found in the wild. Seeing the skull in person, it is amazing how the cranium extends and runs into the beak.
Fox Skull
We have a couple of fox skulls in our collection. One of which was a singular find; the specimen was found in a disused den, the side of which had been eroded by a stream. Although, parts of the body were missing the large skull was completely intact with a full set of teeth. There's a magic in crossing paths with a living fox in the countryside, at least with this replica skull there’s less sadness knowing where it came from.
Roe Deer Skull
Deer skulls are some of the most familiar taxidermy items used in decoration. Most real skulls are a byproduct of culls, where land-mangers order a quoter of deer to be shot. Our replica is from a copyright-free model available online. Unlike most replicas ours is painted by hand to look as life-like as possible. our model only includes the cranium, but the characteristic antlers of the male are present.