2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: An Early 20th Century Cased Mirror Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio), dated 1934, a large skin mount preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds, weeds and grasses, set above a sandy river bed, mounted against a graduated pale blue painted back drop, enclosed within a typical ebonised flat-fronted three-glass display case, 82cm by 19.5cm by 45.5cm, bearing paper legend to interior upper left - "Caught at Kingston Pond, Ringwood, by J.H. Goodwin, 29th of August 1934, weight 15lbs".
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022
Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.
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