17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History: A Pair of Framed Superb Lyre Bird Tail Feathers (Menura novaehollandiae), circa early 20th century, a pair of adult tail feathers, preserved and mounted upon a cotton field, enclosed within an oak glazed picture frame, 56.5cm by 80cm
Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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