20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 152
 

152

Taxidermy: A Pair of Wigeon & Gadwall Ducks, dated 1933-1948, a pair of full mount adult Wigeon Ducks, male and female, mounted by Dr James Harrison, Sevenoaks, Kent, the male stood upon a small painted faux rock overlooking the female below preening her wing feathers, mounted upon a rectangular beach wood base, overall height 34cm, with attached data labels - Wigeon, Male Adult, 3rd 2nd 1933, Tetney Haven, Lincs, - Wigeon, Adult Female, 4th 2nd 1933, Tetney Haven, Lincs, together with a pair of full mount adult Gadwall Ducks, male and female, both mounted upon a painted faux mud groundwork base, overall height 37cm, with attached data labels - Gadwall, Female Adult, 8th 11th 1947, Near Dercham, Norfolk, - Gadwall Male First Winter, 30th 1st 1948, Hickling, Norfolk, (4).

Sold for £110
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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