2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica), by Henry Murray & Son, 1872-1961, Naturalist's & Taxidermist's, Bank Buildings, Carnforth, a pair of full mount adults, one laid down resting below the second stood above upon painted seashore rockwork, set above pebble covered groundwork beneath, enclosed within a later period style five-glass table display case, 35cm by 26cm by 35.5cm, bearing original paper trade label to interior lower right, restored and re-cased by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermy, Darlington, Co Durham, bearing information label to underside, originally from the Lancaster Royal Grammar School Collection.
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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