2nd Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
  Lot 84
 

84

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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