15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2121
Taxidermy: Red Lechwe (Kobus leche), circa 1927-1936, by Rowland Ward, Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, an adult buck neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 69.5cm, left horn 69.5cm, tip to tip 47cm, from the wall 54cm, height 91cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label, and care label to verso
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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