17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Red Throated Diver or Loon (Gavia stellata), modern, a high quality full mount adult in winter plumage, mounted in diving pose with legs outstretched behind, set within a cream painted interior, very much in the manner of late Victorian by North East of England taxidermist's Joseph Cullingford and Robert Duncan, a simple, yet effective way of mounting a bird specimen without the need of a cluttered interior, enclosed within a period style ebonised single-glass display case, 77cm by 30.5cm by 46.5cm
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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