17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), a full mount adult with head turning slightly to the left, perched upon a small dry branch, set against a pale cream painted interior, in the style of North East of England taxidermist's such as Joseph Cullingford, and Robert Duncan, a simple yet effective style which certainly promoted the beauty of the specimen within, enclosed within a single-glass ebonised display case, 43.5cm by 25.5cm by 61cm
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200
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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