2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 105
 

105

Taxidermy: A Cased Common Scoter Duck and Cased European Jays, circa 1880-1900, a full mount adult Common Scoter drake in swimming pose upon a painted water base, set against a competently painted shoreline back drop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass display case, 47.5cm by 16.5cm by 32.5cm, very much in the manner of Wm. R. Hine, Taxidermist's, of Southport, together with a cased pair of European Jays, both mounted above one another amidst tall dry grasses, above lichen and moss covered groundwork beneath, set against a plain papered interior, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass display case, 42.5cm 17cm by 40.5cm, (2).

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022

Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.

 

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