20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Diorama of Various Snipe, circa 1930, a high quality diorama of three full mount Snipe, to include an adult full mount male Solitary Great Snipe dated Oct 1930, stood upon a faux rock ledge, a full mount adult male Common Snipe directly below, and a full mount adult female Jack Snipe to the right, all amidst a natural setting of reeds, tall grasses and fauna, set against a pale blue painted interior, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass display case, 51cm by 14cm by 41.5cm, bearing handwritten information to verso confirming identifications and dates.
Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: The James Harrison Collection of Birds, 20th May, 2022
The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow.
James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection.
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