8th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist, Upper St, Giles Street, Norwich, a superb case including two adult males and one adult female, all perched upon a centrally positioned branch, above typical soil covered groundwork beneath, amidst a natural setting of grasses, ferns and fauna, set against a wash painted backdrop, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass display case, 29cm by 14.5cm by 40.5cm, originally purchased from the Phillips auction at Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, 28th-29th, 1976, Lot 274, bearing retail trade label to verso for - "The Victorian Taxidermy Co Ltd", purchased from the Victorian Taxidermy Co Ltd catalogue, featured on page 125
Sold for £750
Estimated at £700 - £900
Stoney Park catalogue not included, images supplied only. 12/05/23
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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Sep, 2023
A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.
Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
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