8th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Big Horn Sheep (Ovis canadensis), circa August 29th 1878, Rocky Mountains, North West Territory, a young adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, widest span 46cm, from the wall 46cm, height 63cm, mounted upon a polished oak double shield, bearing copper shield - ''Bighorn, Rocky Mountains, N.W. Territory, A.H.P, Aug 29th 1878''. ex Hodnet Hall Auction, Tennants Sale 15th January 2021, Lot 2007.
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Sep, 2023
A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.
Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
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Thursday 7th September 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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