8th Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 6
 

6

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Polecat (Mustela putorius), by W.A. Macleay, Taxidermy, 65 Church Street, Inverness, a full mount adult with head turning to the left, stood upon painted faux rockwork, amidst a natural setting of moss, lichen, and dry grasses, set against a graduated watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a typical ebonised three-glass table display case, 47.5cm by 15cm by 34cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior lower right

Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Dec, 2021

A superb quality auction comprising over 300 lots, including Victorian, Mid-Century, and modern Taxidermy and Natural History specimens by some of the most prolific and renowned taxidermy companies of the last 140 years, to include a private collection of cased Victorian birds and animals from a private vendor, numerous antique and modern African game trophies from various private vendors, rare and unusual Natural history specimens including a large Narwhal Tusk, and three wonderful Blonde Turtle shells.

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