7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Skulls/Horns: A Group of African Game Trophies, date 1929-1931, South Africa, by J.R. Ivy, Taxidermy, Pretoria, an adult male Mountain Reedbuck stripped neck mount looking to the left, from the wall 31cm, height 55cm, mounted upon a typical shaped hard wood shield, bearing copper shield - '' Roy Rhebuck, Swaziland, S. Africa, A.G.H.P, Sept 14th 1931'', together with an adult Nile Bushbuck stripped neck mount looking straight ahead, from the wall 38cm, height 69cm, mounted upon a typical shaped hard wood shield, bearing copper shield - ''Limpopo Bushbuck, Limpopo River, N. Transvaal, A.G.H.P, May 29th 1929'', including a Chobe Bushbuck stripped neck mount looking straight ahead, from the wall 41cm, height 72cm, mounted upon a typical shaped hard wood shield, bearing copper shield - ''Bushbuck, Mt Edgemore, Durban, Natal, A.G.H.P, 1929'', (3), previously part of the Historical Collection of Taxidermy, from Hodnet Hall, Tennants Auction 15th January 2021
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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