9th Sep, 2011 10:00 GMT/BST

Sporting, Fishing, Taxidermy & Natural History

 
Lot 188
 

188

Sambar (Rusa unicolor), circa 1910, antlers on part upper skull, 6 points, right antler 102cm, left

Sambar (Rusa unicolor), circa 1910, antlers on part upper skull, 6 points, right antler 102cm, left antler 98.5cm, broadest span 94cm, tip to tip 43.5cm, on softwood shield; and Another Similar, smaller, on identical shield (2)

Sold for £220
Estimated at £70 - £120


 

Larger example - one tine tip missing. Antlers have been darkened in the past (some colouration wearing thin or off). Attractively textured. The coronets are of relatively broad diameter. The upper skull has numerous chips and lost sections. Smaller example - antlers coloured (wearing off) and worn, upper skull with various losses. Both sold a/f

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Auction: Sporting, Fishing, Taxidermy & Natural History, 9th Sep, 2011

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