2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula), by Peter Spicer & Sons, Taxidermists, (1839-1960), Royal Leamington Spa, a superb full mount adult drake, stood upon a small painted faux rock and soil island, amidst a natural setting of reeds and grasses, above a simulated glass pool of water, enclosed within a typical five-glass table display case with taped frame, supported upon an oak rectangular base, 42.5cm by 26.5cm by 39cm, for similar cased examples see Robert Chinnery's book "A Record of Spicers".
Sold for £420
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022
Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.
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