19th Apr, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), dated 1921, attributed to E.C. Saunders, Taxidermy, Great Yarmouth, a full mount adult male with head turning slightly to the left, stood atop a large painted faux rock, mounted above short grasses and pebble covered shoreline groundwork, set against a pale blue painted back drop, later re-cased within an ebonised period style three-glass display case, 35cm by 22cm by 46.5cm, bearing applied legend to interior right - "Puffin ♂, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, R.J. Pinchin, April 1921. Shot by Robert James Pinchin (1865-1943), Pinchin was a wildfowler from Cley Next the Sea Norfolk and later became the first warden at Blakeney Point.
Sold for £420
Estimated at £350 - £450
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 19th Apr, 2023
The Natural History sales cover a wealth of collecting areas, from pre-historic giant clam shells and mineral specimens, to Victorian collector’s cabinets and historic full mount pieces with a focus on Victorian and Edwardian taxidermy by the leading firms of the era.
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