15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2042
Taxidermy: A Cased Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), 1860-1942, by James Hutchings, Taxidermist's, Aberystwyth, Wales, a full mount adult with head turning sharply to the left, the mantle raised in full display, stood upon painted simulated rockwork, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses, reeds and ferns, above painted groundwork beneath, set against a graduated watercolour painted backdrop, enclosed within a typical trade mark ebonised three-glass display case with gilded slip border, 40cm by 27cm by 82cm
Sold for £600
Estimated at £600 - £800
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 15th Dec, 2023
An interesting auction of various Entomology and Natural History items, including a collection of commemorative horses’ hooves mounted by the notable taxidermist’s Rowland Ward, a good selection of modern taxidermy specimens by Tony Armitstead, Carl Church, and Robert Ellis, and historical taxidermy specimens mounted by Peter Spicer, John Macpherson, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Rowland Ward, F.C. Waters, James Hutchings, W.C. Shelbrooke, Robert Duncan, W.F. Homer, John Cooper, A.S. Hutchinson of Derby, Henry Murray, and Thomas Jefferies, to name but a few.
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Wednesday 13th December 10am-4pm, Thursday 14th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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