23rd Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History

 
  Lot 3
 

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Taxidermy: A Cased Brown Trout (Salmo trutta), dated 09th July 1948, in the manner of P.D. Malloch

Taxidermy: A Cased Brown Trout (Salmo trutta), dated 09th July 1948, in the manner of P.D. Malloch, Naturalist, Perth, Scotland, preserved and mounted upon a watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a period oak framed five-glass wall hanging display case, 62cm by 9.5cm by 23.5cm, excluding outer frame, bearing paper legend to interior lower right, ''Brown Trout, weight 5lbs 2ozs, Caught by Andrew Philp, Loch Lanish, 9th July 1948'', together with another Cased Brown Trout, dated 02nd June 1930, preserved and mounted upon a watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a period oak framed five-glass wall hanging display case (damaged glass), 65cm by 8cm by 28cm, excluding outer frame, bearing ivorine legend to interior lower centre, ''Caught by Andrew Philp, Loch Lanish, 2nd June 1930, weight 5lbs'', (2).

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. second cased trout has amateur painted back drop, front glass missing, remaining glass damaged, in need of full restoration, both fish are skin mounts, 10/06/21

 


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Auction: Natural History, 23rd Jul, 2021

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