20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 63
 

63

Taxidermy: A Group of Five Ducks, dated 1938-1970, comprising - a full mount adult female Pochard Duck, with head turning slightly to the right, stood upon a painted faux rock, overall height 38cm, with attached data label - Pochard, Female Adult, 7th 2nd 1942, Earith Washes, Cambs, a full mount adult male Pochard Duck in first winter plumage, with head and neck withdrawn resting, overall height 26cm, stood upon a painted faux rock base, with attached data label - Pochard, Male First Winter, 15th 2nd 1938, Rye Harbour, Sussex, a full mount downy young Pochard chick stood upon a painted faux rock, with attached data label - Pochard, Downy Young, 30th 6th 1940, Blenheim Lake, Oxfordshire, a full mount adult male Red-Crested Pochard Duck in first winter plumage, looking straight ahead, stood upon a large painted faux rock, overall height 36cm, with attached data label - Red-Crested Pochard, Male First Winter, 31st 10th 1970, Rye Harbour, Sussex, a full mount adult female Red-Crested Pochard Duck, with head turning to the right and wing raised preening her wing feathers, overall height 24cm, stood upon a painted faux rock, with attached data label - Red-Crested Pochard, Female, 24th 1st 1968, Captivity Bred, (5).

Sold for £150
Estimated at £120 - £180


 

Auction: The James Harrison Collection of Birds, 20th May, 2022

The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow. 

James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection. 

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