15th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2299
Taxidermy: A Cased Little Grey Kiwi (Apteryx owenii), dated 1862, attributed to Henry Ward, 1812-1878, Late Williams, 2 Vere Street, Oxford Street, London, a superb full mount adult with head turning very slightly to the left, stood upon painted groundwork, amidst dry reeds and weeds, enclosed within a later period style five-glass table display case, with painted taped frame, 40.5cm by 29cm by 37cm, hand written data to leaf within the front of the case - "Little Grey Kiwi Apteryx owenii, South Island, 1862 "
Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £3,500 - £4,500
Case is later and not of the period, groundwork original, bird is an antique specimen, hairline crack to top glass panel at the rear barely noticeable.
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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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