7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Northern Shoveler Duck (Anas clypeata), Somerley Park Estate 1991, by David. L. Keningale, Warwickshire, a high quality full mount adult drake, stood upon a painted simulated rock, mounted above painted soil groundwork, amidst tall dry grasses, set against a watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a mahogany framed three-glass table display case, 48.5cm by 20.5cm by 48.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left, with inscribed pebble to interior lower right - "Shot by Bob Curtis, Somerley 1991"
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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