17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Red Kite (Milvus milvus), dated 2023, a full mount adult with head turning to the left, sat perched atop a dry twisted branch, above moss and soil covered groundwork beneath, enclosed within a five-glass oak framed display case, 39cm by 39.5cm by 72cm overall
with CITES Article 10 (non transferable) licence no.23GBA10O2EWXE
Sold for £750
Estimated at £600 - £800
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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