17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Large Cased Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), circa early 20th century, a superb adult male with head turning slightly to the left, his tail streamers hanging below, perched upon a tall lichen encrusted branch, above painted soil and rocks below, enclosed within a modern five-glass table display case supported upon an ebonised base, with taped frame, 53.5cm by 33.5cm by 95cm, (furniture item not included)
Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
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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