13th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
150
Taxidermy: A Cased Perch (Perca fluviatilis), dated 1948, by John Cooper & Sons, 78 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, (Griggs), a skin mount preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst flowing weeds, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a painted graduated green backdrop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 45.5cm by 14cm by 26.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to case interior roof, bearing gold legend to front glass - "Perch 1lb, 10ozs, Caught by H Baxendale 8th July 1948 Aughenreoch Loch". This case is of the William Griggs era, who took over the running of John Cooper from around 1933 and carried on trading from Bath Road, Hounslow until he passed away in 1953, William (Bertie) Griggs was regarded as one of the master exponents of preserving fish and his skills can be clearly seen within this case
Sold for £650
Estimated at £700 - £900
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 13th Nov, 2024
The November Natural History and Taxidermy Sale will offer a varied range of antique and good modern taxidermy, with examples by leading names such as Rowland Ward, Peter Spicer, Van Ingen & Van Ingen and more.
The sale will also feature two good private collections: the first being a sixty-lot private collection of bird and animal specimens including many by John Burton, Natural Craft Taxidermy, Gloucestershire; the second is the thirty-five-lot Robert Chinnery Collection. Chinnery is a well-known collector and dealer in taxidermy, and he has widely researched and authored books on the subject.
Also on offer will be four lots by Walter Potter of Bramber, Sussex, which were once included in Bonhams' 2003 auction of The Contents of Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities held at Jamaica Inn, Cornwall. The auction comprised of 613 Lots of the interesting and World-famous Mr Walter Potter’s collection, previously housed within his very own museum at Bramber, Sussex.
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Sunday 10th November - Monday 11th November 11am-4pm, Tuesday 12th November 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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