19th Apr, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), dated October 1928, by W.F. Homer, 105 Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, London, E7, a pair of large skin mounts preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a pale blue painted back drop, enclosed within a large typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 93.5cm by 22cm by 62cm, taxidermist's paper trade label to interior upper left, bearing ivorine legend to interior upper right - "Carp, Caught by Harry Wyatt, Langport, Somerset, October 1928, Wgts 11lb 8ozs, 8lbs 8ozs", including an original black and white photograph of W.F. Homer in his workshop with the angler, together with an original newspaper clipping entitled "Bristol Angler's Exceptional Catch". Featured within "The Domesday Book of English Fish Taxidermist's" by Barry Williams.
Sold for £950
Estimated at £600 - £800
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 19th Apr, 2023
The Natural History sales cover a wealth of collecting areas, from pre-historic giant clam shells and mineral specimens, to Victorian collector’s cabinets and historic full mount pieces with a focus on Victorian and Edwardian taxidermy by the leading firms of the era.
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