17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos), circa 1856-1888, by W. H. Vingoe, Naturalist, Penzance, Cornwall, a pair of full mount adults, the drake stood above the hen in recumbent position below, mounted upon typical grit covered groundwork, amidst dry natural grasses, set against a pale pink painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case, 71.5cm by 15cm by 43cm, overpainted trade label remains to interior upper centre
Sold for £100
Estimated at £120 - £180
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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