17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus defassa), circa 1923-1924, Hima River Toro, Uganda, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, a high quality adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 84cm, left horn 82cm, tip to tip 62cm, from the wall 68cm, height 130cm, mounted upon a trademark shield, with ivorine plaque - "Giant Waterbuck, Hima River Toro", full paper trade label and care label to verso
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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