7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), dated 2023, by Robert Ellis, Taxidermy, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, a high-quality full mount adult stood atop a painted faux rock boulder, above rock, sea shell and pebble covered groundwork beneath, enclosed within a modern circular glass dome with original ebonised base, diameter 24cm, overall height 39cm, signed and dated pebble to interior groundwork
Estimated at £350 - £450
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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Tuesday 6th August 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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