17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: Indian Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), circa early 20th century, by Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Taxidermist's, Mysore, India, an adult male neck mount with head turning to the left, glass eyes, right horn 58cm, left horn 55cm, 28.5cm, from the wall 37cm, height 84cm, mounted upon a typical oversized Indian hardwood shield, impressed trade mark to verso, and care label
Sold for £350
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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