17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Southern Puku (Kobus vardonii vardonii), dated 1920, Kafue, Zambia, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, Rowland Ward Record Class, a high quality adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 43.5cm, left horn 44cm, tip to tip 19cm, from the wall 51cm, height 88cm, mounted upon a trademark shield, with ivorine plaque - "Puku, Kafue, 1920", remains of paper trade label to verso
Sold for £400
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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