17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Somali Klipspringer (Oreotragus somalicus), dated 1919, Sheikh, Somalia, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, a high quality adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 10.5cm, left horn 10.5cm, tip to tip 5cm, from the wall 26cm, height 40cm, mounted upon a trademark shield, with ivorine plaque - "Oreotragus Somalicus, 1919, Sheikh", vestiges of paper care label, RW gouge to verso
Sold for £280
Estimated at £180 - £280
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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