2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Red-Breasted Merganser & Goosander, dated 1938 & 1940, a full mount adult female Red-breasted Merganser in first winter plumage, stood upon painted faux rockwork, overall height 39cm, mounted by George Bristow, Taxidermist, St Leonards, Hastings, bearing Dr James Harrison data label to underside - Dec 22nd, 1938, Rye Harbour, Sussex, Shot HF, Mounted by George Bristow, together with a full mount adult male Goosander, with lowered in feeding pose, stood upon painted faux rockwork, overall height 25cm, mounted by Dr James Harrison, Sevenoaks, Kent, bearing Dr James Harrison data label to underside - February 9th 1940, Marshchapel, Lincs, (2).
Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £150
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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