17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Ural Owl (Strix uralensis), captive bred, dated 2023, by Carl Church, Taxidermy, Pickering, Nth Yks, a superb quality full mount adult male in resting pose, perched atop an old tree stump, set within a winter scene above snow covered groundwork beneath, enclosed within a high quality lead framed five-glass table display, raised upon an ebonised base, 36cm by 33cm by 81.5cm, bearing taxidermist's ivorine circular trade plaque to case side
with CITES Article 10 (non transferable) licence no. 24GBA10N0VEBD
Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
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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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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