Two thylacine skulls in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland are worthy of special mention.  They are unique in that they have been mounted on wooden shields in the form of hunting trophies.  Each shield carries a brass plaque with the wording "Collection of Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde - 1899".  Sir Thomas visited Hobart in March of 1899, and it is likely these thylacines were shot during his visit.  The skulls were mounted by the famous Dublin taxidermy firm of Williams & Sons, and were gifted to the museum in 1923.

    A number of thylacine skulls within the ITSD reveal evidence of direct trauma i.e., fractures to the cranium resulting from the method of dispatch (clubbing).  Others are the rescued components of redundant taxidermy specimens.

. Fractured cranium, specimen: OUM 7935.  Courtesy: Oxford University Museum of Natural History.  Source: International Thylacine Specimen Database (2013).

. Rescued component from taxidermy, specimen: RMNH Jen C.  Courtesy: Naturalis [Leiden].  Photo: N. Ayliffe, International Thylacine Specimen Database (2013).

    Within the decorative arts collection of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery is a unique object made from the lower jaw of a thylacine [TMAG specimen A1280].  The object is a pin cushion and was crafted by Miss Emily Ferrar around 1900 as her entry in the fancy needlework section of the Glamorgan Horticultural Show.  The pin cushion is one of the few thylacine specimens where the locality of capture can be accurately determined, the thylacine having been killed on the Ferrar family property in Milton.