17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Gharial Crocodile Head Mount (Gavialis gangeticus), circa late 19th century, a large adult taxidermy head mounted as a console, with shaped mahogany shelf top, measurements including console - 96cm long, 39.5cm wide, 23.5cm deep, actual head measurements - length 83cm, width 36cm, height 21cm.
Cites Annex A, Appendix I (exempt)
Sold for £2,600
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
right eye missing, historical restoration to the top of the head, incised marks to right side of jaw - " II N III", verso of shield has a vertical crack to right side (structure is sound), in need of sympathetic restoration. 28/12/23
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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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