2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased European Roller (Coracias garrulus), by W.J. Cooper, St Ives, Cornwall, a full mount adult in diving pose with wings outspread, mounted above grit covered groundwork, set against a white wash painted interior, enclosed within a typical scumbled pine single-glass display case, 27cm by 13cm by 36.5cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior top.
Sold for £110
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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