7th Aug, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), (1850-1927), by E.F. Spicer, Taxidermy, 58 Suffolk Street, Birmingham, a pair of high quality full mount adults, one perched upon a branch above the other below, both set amidst a natural setting of ferns, grasses and fauna, upon grit and pebble covered groundwork, mounted against a pale blue wash painted back drop, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass display case, 51cm by 21cm by 55.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper right
Estimated at £180 - £280
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 7th Aug, 2024
To include an array of period and fine modern taxidermy featuring three good private collections. Highlights include a large Late Victorian Diorama of Sea and Estuary Birds, circa 1880-1900 and a cased Late Victorian King Charles’ Spaniel “Charlie”, circa 1860-1880 from the Harold Soar Collection, a cased Mandarin Duck, late 20th century from a private collection of cases mounted by David Keningale, and a Diorama of Red-Legged Partridge, 1997 from a private collection of cases by Colin Dunton.
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