28th Oct, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
  Lot 2137
 

2137

Taxidermy: A Cased Chub (Squalius cephalus), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St...

Taxidermy: A Cased Chub (Squalius cephalus), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, EC, preserved and mounted in a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a pale blue/green painted back board, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 70.5cm by 19.5cm by 37cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper right, bearing applied gilt legend - "Chub-5lbs ½oz, Caught by E. Langford, at Stamford Bridge, Yorks, Oct, 16th, 1932"

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

. some deterioration to varnish on left side of head, all glass good, colour good, possibly requires light re-varnish to body, appears original with no restoration, 23/07/20

 


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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 28th Oct, 2020

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