17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
150
Taxidermy: A Cased Display of Exotic Tropical Birds, circa 1891-1921, by Rowland Ward, Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, a superb high quality display of thirteen various tropical birds to include - Cape starling, Abyssinian roller, Black-headed gonolek, Superb starling, Mocking cliff -chat, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, White-throated Bee-eater, Narina trogon, Common grackle, European Bee-eater, two Scarlet-chested sunbirds, all mounted upon small branches, amidst tall dry grasses, set above soil and moss covered groundwork, enclosed within a typical five-glass table display case with painted taped frame, 60cm by 16.5cm by 73.5cm, bearing a trade mark Rowland Ward ink stamp to the glass interior lower right corner
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
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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