17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: Uganda Kob (Kobus thomasi), circa Feb 1924, Semliki Valley, Uganda, by Rowland Ward Ltd, "The Jungle", 167 Piccadilly, London, Rowland Ward Record Class, a high quality adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, right horn 63cm, left horn 62cm, tip to tip 27.5cm, from the wall 50.5cm, height 92cm, mounted upon a trademark shield, with ivorine plaque - "Uganda Kob, Semliki Valley", paper trade and care label to verso, including original metal game tag, recorded with Rowland Ward in 1927, and included within Rowland Wards Records of Big Game, 26th Edition, Volume 1, page 203, position 17th
Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £400
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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