20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The James Harrison Collection of Birds
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Taxidermy: A Group of Four Ducks & Goose, dated 1929-1955, comprising - a full mount immature male Dark-Breasted Brent Goose, with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 39.5cm, probably supplied or mounted by George Bristow, handwriting to attached paper data label matches examples by his hand, with attached data label - Dark-Breasted Brent Goose, Male Immature, 13th 2nd 1929, Lydd, Kent, a full mount adult male Mallard Duck, with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon painted faux groundwork amidst a natural setting of barley, overall height 39cm, with attached data label - Mallard, Male Adult, 13th 8th 1946, The Wash, Norfolk, a full mount juvenile male Pintail Duck in first winter plumage, with head turning to the left, stood upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 35cm, a full mount adult female Wigeon Duck in first winter plumage, with head turning back and to the right preening her wing feathers, stood upon a painted faux rock base, with attached data label - Wigeon, Female 1st Winter, 15th 10th 1952, Medway Estuary, Kent, a full mount adult female Velvet Scoter Duck in first winter plumage, stood upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 34.5cm, with attached data label - Velvet Scoter, Female First Winter, 11th 2nd 1948, Rye Harbour, Sussex, (5).
Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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