15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2068
Taxidermy: A Victorian Display of British Birds, dated 1867, a cased display of various British birds, to include - Corncrake, Kingfisher, Snipe, male and female Bullfinch, Brambling, and a North American Red-winged Blackbird, all mounted upon and around a centrally positioned simulated rockscape, amidst dry grasses, and fauna, set against a pale yellow and blue sky painted backdrop, enclosed within a period three-glass angled display case, 66cm by 23.5cm by 64.5cm, bearing hand written label to interior centre right - "Preserved by G. Palmer, 57 Burton St North, Birmingham, August 1867".
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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