17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Pair of East African Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris neumanni), circa 1909, British East Africa, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, a high quality adult female and male neck mount looking straight ahead, each with glass eyes, the male - right horn 10cm, left horn 9.5cm, tip to tip 6cm, from the wall 28cm, height 40cm, the female - from the wall 27cm, height 42cm, each mounted upon a trademark shield, with full paper care labels to verso
Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £400
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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