20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 140
 

140

Taxidermy: A Tawny Owl & Little Owl, dated 1926 & 1932, a full mount adult female Tawny owl in crouched position with wings slightly lifted and open, mounted upon a rectangular beach wood base, overall height 23cm, with attached data label - Wood Owl, Female, 12th 4th 1926, Shoreham, Kent, together with a full mount juvenile female Little Owl, with head turning to the left, mounted upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 21cm, with attached data label - Little Owl, Female Immature, 14th 8th 1932, Ivy Church, Kent, (2).

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

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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