15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2124
Taxidermy: An East African or Patterson's Eland (Taurotragus oryx pattersonianus), dated 1933, Kisigao, Kenya Colony, East Africa, by Peter Spicer & Sons, Taxidermists, Leamington, a large adult bull shoulder mount looking straight ahead, right horn 79.5cm, left horn 78cm, tip to tip 40cm, from the wall 81cm, height 112cm, mounted upon an oval shaped oak shield, bearing ivorine plaque "Eland, Taurotragus Oryx Pattersonianus, Kisigao, Kenya Colony, Col.L. Ropner, 1933", taxidermist's impressed trade stamp to verso
Estimated at £300 - £400
shrinkage split to right eye moving back from eye towards horn, some minor filler loss around gumline, both ear tips bent with splits to the back of the ear, in need of light restoration, shield good. 09/03/23
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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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