2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of European Game Birds, circa 1880-1900, a full mount adult Ring-necked Pheasant stood upon painted faux rockwork, a full mount Water Rail stood upon a painted faux rock ledge with wings slightly open, below a full mount Dab chick and Moorhen, all amidst a natural setting of tall grasses, ferns and brush, upon pebbled groundwork beneath, set against a graduated watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a period three-glass display case, 78cm by 25.5cm by 56cm
Sold for £200
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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Thursday 1 September 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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