20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Garganey Ducks (Spatula querquedula), dated 1928, a high quality cased pair of adult ducks drake and hen, both mounted upon a painted grass covered faux rock, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses and reeds, set above a green glass simulated body of water, enclosed within a five-glass display case with ebonised taped frame, raised upon an ebonised rectangular base, 51cm by 23.5cm by 38cm, bearing handwritten label to interior lower left - Garganey, ♂, ♀, ad, shot in the spring of 1928, in the Darenth Valley, near Otford, Kent. Renovated and re-cased by James M, Harrison, Sevenoaks, in 1969.
Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: The James Harrison Collection of Birds, 20th May, 2022
The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow.
James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection.
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