31st Jan, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy & Natural History
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Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Tench (Tinca tinca), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's
Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Tench (Tinca tinca), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, EC, a pair preserved and mounted in a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a painted pale blue backdrop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 84.5cm by 18cm by 41.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left, paper legend to upper right "Taken by M. Brooker in the River Parrett, Somerset 15th August 1904"
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Taxidermy & Natural History, 31st Jan, 2020
Taxidermy & Natural History
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