2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Anthropomorphic Hedgehog Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (Erinaceus europaeus), dated 2011, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermy, Darlington, Co Durham, a full mount anthropomorphic Hedgehog dressed as the character Mrs Tiggy-Winkle from the Beatrix Potter books, wearing a bonnet, blue shawl, and red pullover, with a basket of flowers and walking stick in hand, stood upon grit and pebbled groundwork, enclosed beneath a period circular glass dome with original ebonised base, diameter 21cm, overall height 32.5cm
Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 2nd Sep, 2022
Over 360 lots of Natural History and Taxidermy, including a superb recreation of a Dodo by Carl Church, a Giant Clam Shell from the early 20th Century, fine collectors cabinets and rare pieces such as a taxidermy Ocean Sun Fish and a Pair of Oilbirds by Rowland Ward.
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