17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Modern Cased Diorama of South African White-Backed Ducks (Thalassornis leuconotus), by R.C. Hussey Taxidermist, Thetford, Norfolk, a family diorama of three full mounts, two drakes, a hen, and two chicks, all set amidst a natural setting of dry grasses, moss and leaves, mounted upon sandy groundwork, with a nest of four eggs to the side, enclosed beneath a large five-glass table display case, 99cm by 33cm by 50cm, previously part of the Bruce Housden collection, Tennants Auction lot 229 August 2019
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £200
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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