15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2260
Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Trio of European Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus), dated 2019, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a trio of superb-quality full mount adults, two males and one female, all perched upon frozen branches, mounted above and amidst floating frosted groundwork, grasses and fauna, set against a watercolour painted winter woodland scene, enclosed within an oak framed octagonal nine-glass wall hanging display case, 40cm by 11.5cm by 50cm, excluding outer frame, signed to interior lower right, taxidermist's full paper trade and data label to verso
Sold for £350
Estimated at £350 - £450
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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