8th Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), by W.A. Macleay, Taxidermy, Inverness, a full mount adult female with wings outstretched, a Grey Partridge prey underfoot, perched atop a painted faux rock bolder, amidst a natural setting of ferns and fauna, set against a graduated painted sky backdrop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised five-glass display case, 71cm by 28cm by 52.5cm, signed to interior lower left F. Rodgers, Nottingham
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Dec, 2021
A superb quality auction comprising over 300 lots, including Victorian, Mid-Century, and modern Taxidermy and Natural History specimens by some of the most prolific and renowned taxidermy companies of the last 140 years, to include a private collection of cased Victorian birds and animals from a private vendor, numerous antique and modern African game trophies from various private vendors, rare and unusual Natural history specimens including a large Narwhal Tusk, and three wonderful Blonde Turtle shells.
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