13th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), circa 1880-1900, a high quality full mount adult inverted with wings open, the head looking to the right, mounted amidst natural tall dry grasses, ferns and fauna, set above painted simulated rockwork, enclosed beneath a period oval glass dome, with original supporting ebonised base, 28cm by 26.5cm by 50cm overall
Sold for £250
Estimated at £180 - £280
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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