2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of British Woodland Birds, circa 1880-1900, by W. Stafford, Godalming, Surrey, a small diorama of woodland birds comprising - Siskin, Willow Warbler, Red Start, Wryneck, Treecreeper, mounted upon a centrally positioned branch, above a painted simulated grass floor, set against an oil painted river scene with a cottage to the foreground, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass display case, 35cm by 11.5cm by 28.5cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
Sold for £280
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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