4th Jan, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Antiques & Interiors, to include a Section of Silver
1118
Taxidermy: A Cased Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), dated 1940, a skin mount preserved within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, the fish in swimming pose with head raised reaching for an anglers fly, mounted against a pale blue painted back drop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised three-glass display case, 77.5cm by 19cm by 39.5cm, gilt legend to interior upper right - "Rainbow Trout 2lbs 14ozs, Leckford Estate, Stockbridge, August 25th 1940", restorers trade label to verso - Mark Ball & Ann Nash, Restorers of Victorian Taxidermy, Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Sold for £80
Estimated at £120 - £180
Auction: Antiques & Interiors, to include a Section of Silver, 4th Jan, 2025
To include a specialist section of silver and an array of affordable traditional and modern & contemporary art. Look out for North of England artists across landscapes, portraits, still life and sporting art. Good names include Percy Lancaster, Fred Lawson, Rex Flood, Tobias Harrison, Audrey Johnson, Reginald James Lloyd, Mark Spain and Henderson Cisz. The sale will also offer part of The Selected Contents of Eden Lacy, Lazonby, from the estate of Victor Gubbins.
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Monday 30th December 11am-3pm, Thursday 2nd January 10am-4pm, Friday 3rd January 10am-5pm, and morning of sale from 7.30am
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