7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Display of Tropical Birds, to include - Ruddy ground dove, Red-backed manakin, Blue dacnis, Red-legged honeycreeper, Opan-rumped tanager, Flame-crested tanager, Red-headed manakin, Two-banded warbler, White-bellied tanager, Campo troupial, Burnished-buff tanager, Swallow-tailed hummingbird, two Ruby topaz hummingbirds, all perched upon a twisting centrally positioned branch, set upon grit and pebble groundwork, enclosed within a period circular glass dome with original supporting mahogany base, diameter 22.5cm, overall height 48cm
Estimated at £600 - £800
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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