15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2277
Taxidermy: A Cased Perch (Perca fluviatilis), dated 1905, by F. Dickinson, Taxidermist, a large skin mount preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled and grit covered river bed, mounted against a wash painted backdrop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised bow-fronted display case, 60cm by 13cm by 39.5cm, bearing printed paper legend to interior upper left - "Perch, 2lbs, 7½ ozs, 2 drams, caught by Joseph Walker at the Wharves, 2nd Oct, 1905, F. Dickinson, Taxidermist".
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200
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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