17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Quartet of European Goldfinches Under Dome (Carduelis carduelis), circa 20th century, a group of four full mount adults, all mounted together upon frosted groundwork, amidst frozen leaves and reeds, enclosed beneath a modern circular glass dome, mounted on the original base, diameter 27.5cm, overall height 40cm
Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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