15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2058
Taxidermy: A Victorian Turquoise-fronted Amazon Parrot (Amazona aestiva), circa 1870, by James Hutchings, Taxidermy, Aberystwyth, Wales, an antique full mount adult perched upon the original simulated rock, amidst dry branches and grasses, above soil covered groundwork below, set against a pale blue watercolour painted backdrop, re-cased within an ebonised three-glass display case, 30.5cm by 18cm by 46.5cm.
Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 15th Dec, 2023
An interesting auction of various Entomology and Natural History items, including a collection of commemorative horses’ hooves mounted by the notable taxidermist’s Rowland Ward, a good selection of modern taxidermy specimens by Tony Armitstead, Carl Church, and Robert Ellis, and historical taxidermy specimens mounted by Peter Spicer, John Macpherson, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Rowland Ward, F.C. Waters, James Hutchings, W.C. Shelbrooke, Robert Duncan, W.F. Homer, John Cooper, A.S. Hutchinson of Derby, Henry Murray, and Thomas Jefferies, to name but a few.
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Wednesday 13th December 10am-4pm, Thursday 14th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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