squirrels playing poker

Bonhams auction house in the UK is auctioning off the contents of "Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities" -- a very odd collection of taxidermy, paintings and curios from the late 1800's. It includes a selection of "tableaus" created by Walter Potter, which are weird anthropomorphic arrangements of stuffed, dead animals doing things like getting married, or going to school. There is also this set of two companion pieces (lots 163 and 173). The first one depicts "upper-class squirrels" drinking, smoking and playing poker while the second depicts the lower-class rats drinking, smoking and playing dominoes. Estimated value: £2,000-3,000 each.