2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Andean Emerald Hummingbird (Uranomitra franciae), re-mounted by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermy, Darlington, Co Durham, a full mount adult female Andean Emerald hummingbird mounted upon a lichen encrusted small branch, above a natural setting of dry grasses and ferns, enclosed and re-cased within an arched seven-glass table display case with taped frame, 20cm by 8cm by 25cm, bearing taxidermist's paper trade label to underside
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200
this is a late19th - early 20th century specimen re-cased by A.J. Armitstead
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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022
Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.
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