17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Large Cased European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), circa 1880-1933, by Thomas Jefferies, Taxidermy, Carmarthen, a full mount adult Red fox with head turning back and to the right, an adult Pheasant cockbird prey underfoot, stood upon painted faux rock groundwork, amidst a natural setting of branches, ferns, grasses and fauna, set against a pale blue sky painted backdrop, enclosed within a typical oak framed three-glass display case with gilded slip border, 107.5cm by 33cm by 75.5cm
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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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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