20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Pair of Red-Throated Divers (Gavia stellata), dated 1939-1940, by George Bristow, Taxidermy, St Leonards, Hastings, a full mount adult male in winter plumage, sat upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 46.5cm, with accompanying photograph - Red-Throated Diver, Adult Male in winter Plumage, Killed at Boughbeach on February 5th 1940, mounted by George Bristow, St Leonards-on-Sea, together with a full mount adult female Red-throated Diver, (not mounted by George Bristow), sat upon a painted a pebbled faux rock base, overall height 49cm, with attached data label - Red-Throated Diver, Female, 4th 12th 1939, Cottington, Kent, (2).
Sold for £220
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: The James Harrison Collection of Birds, 20th May, 2022
The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow.
James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection.
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