17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Anthropomorphic Taxidermy: A Victorian Pair of Nile Monitor Lizards (Varanus niloticus), circa 1880-1900, a pair of full mounts in seated position, both sat at a fluted silver plated posy vase, posed as a table, amidst a natural setting of dry grasses, mounted upon grit covered groundwork, enclosed beneath a large period oval glass dome, supported upon the original ebonised base, 40cm by 20cm by 52cm
Estimated at £700 - £900
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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