17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Ruff (Calidris pugnax), circa 1880-1900, a full mount adult male in breeding plumage with head turning sharply to the right, stood upon moss and flower head covered groundwork, enclosed beneath a period oval glass dome, upon the original ebonised base, raised on four bun feet, 27.5cm by 18cm by 34cm overall
Sold for £190
Estimated at £120 - £180
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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