2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
  Lot 64
 

64

Taxidermy: A Cased Late Victorian Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), by W. Thirlwall, Taxidermist, a full mount adult Cuckoo perched upon a centrally positioned branch, above soil covered groundwork beneath, set against a plain white painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case, 42.5cm by 15.5cm by 27.5cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left, together with another full mount adult Common Cuckoo with tail raised and head lowered, perched upon a short cut branch, mounted upon a simple square base, overall height 33.5cm, (2).

Sold for £180
Estimated at £120 - £180


 

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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