17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Natural History: Rowland Ward Wine Glasses, Nairobi, Kenya, a suite of six African Game animal engraved wine glasses, 14cm high, depicting Lion, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Sable Antelope, and Cape Buffalo, with original labels to the foot, enclosed within the original cardboard box (6)
Sold for £220
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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