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Pheasant painting

A pheasant on the ground and two pheasants flying

Fauna: 1 female ring-necked pheasant, 2 male ring-necked pheasants

Flora: Food sources: blackberry, gooseberry, grapes, maize; nesting materials: grass

Objects: 16 pheasant eggs, 13 pheasant feathers, 4 pieces of cutlery with carved ivory handles depicting Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I (c. 1607)

Plants mentioned by Shakespeare: Blackberry, gooseberry, grapes, grass

A pheasant on the ground and two pheasants flying