17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Common Swift (Apus apus), dated 2004, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a high quality full mount adult in flight, mounted below floating rockwork above, set against a printed woodland river scene back drop, enclosed within an oak framed wall hanging five-glass display case, 26.5cm by 11.5cm by 39cm, excluding outer frame, signed and dated to interior lower right, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
Sold for £170
Estimated at £180 - £280
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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