17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), dated 1912, British East Africa, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, a large adult bull neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 95cm, left horn 91.5cm, widest span 106cm, tip to tip 88.5cm, from the wall 88cm, height 90cm, mounted upon a trademark shield, with ivorine plaque - "Bubalis Caffer Radcliffei, B.E.A. 1912", RW gouge trade mark to verso
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
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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