17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Black Legbar Hen (Gallus domesticus), modern, by John Burton, Taxidermy, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, a full mount adult Legbar Chicken with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon soil covered groundwork, amidst tall dry grasses, set against a pale blue painted back drop, enclosed within an ebonised three-glass display case, 51cm by 25cm by 48cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
Sold for £90
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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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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