15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2171
Taxidermy: A Cased European Badger (Meles meles), by W.C. Shelbrooke, Taxidermist, 65 Friar's Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, a high-quality full mount adult with head turning very slightly to the right, stood upon painted simulated soil groundwork, amidst grasses and ferns, set against a watercolour painted woodland scene back drop, enclosed within an ebonised oak framed three-glass display case, 98.5cm by 33cm by 54.5cm, rare to find taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso. W. C. Shelbrooke was previously employed by Peter Spicer & Sons, Leamington, hence the similarity within the case composition and good-quality painted back drop.
Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £400
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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