17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Collection of Birds Native to New Zealand, circa 1880-1900, by David Graham, Taxidermist & Naturalist, 61 Market Street, York, the specimens within to include - three Morepork Owls, Sacred kingfisher, Tui or Parson's bird, Bell bird, New Zealand Pigeon, and a Parakeet, all perched upon a centrally positioned branch, above grit, moss, and dry grass covered groundwork beneath, set against a pale blue painted interior, enclosed within an oak framed single-glass display case, 71cm by 17.5cm by 67.5cm, historical bird identification label to front glass
Sold for £450
Estimated at £600 - £800
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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