15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2290
Taxidermy: An Edwardian South American Tropical Bird Room Screen, circa 1901-1910, a colourful display of thirteen various South American tropical birds, to include - two Brazilian Tanagers, Red-necked Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, two Red-legged Honeycreepers, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, and three Berylline Hummingbirds, all perched and mounted upon meandering branches, above painted simulated rock work beneath, enclosed within an oval two-glass room screen, supported upon a period mahogany stand, screen width 56cm, depth 10.5cm, height 65cm, overall height including stand 97.5cm
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
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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