8th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Case of Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), circa 1887, by Walter Lowne, Taxidermy, Fuller's Hill Aviaries, Great Yarmouth, a high quality diorama of a family of Common Redshank stood amidst a natural setting of reeds and grasses, upon painted soil groundwork, a brood of four young chicks amongst the grasses below, set against a plain papered interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case with gilt slip border, 61cm by 26.5cm by 35.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso, originally consigned to Walter Lowne for preparation and mounting by a Mr Smith of Bradwell, in November of 1887, the cost at that time £1-6/-. This was early in Lowne's career, hence the early trade label depicting two medals attached to the verso of this case. Many thanks to Dr Pat Morris for this interesting and useful information.
Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 8th Sep, 2023
A very rare Victorian cased pair of extinct New Zealand Huia leads the Natural History and Taxidermy Sale. The superb quality male and female huia full mounts were mounted by James E. Whiting, Naturalist, of 19 Heath Street, Hampstead, and are presented perched on a branch and surrounded by hummingbirds, rocks and foliage.
Also on offer in the sale are a Monumental Late Victorian Cased Display of Tropical Birds Native to South America & South East Asia & Oceana, circa 1870-1900 (estimate: £8,000-12,000), an impressive large late Victorian cased White Pelican and White Ibis mounted in 1879 by James Gardiner (estimate: £3,000-5,000), a fine cased diorama of Eurasian Bullfinches by T.E. Gunn, Naturalist of Norwich (estimate: £700-900), an early 20th century Giant Clam Shell (estimate: £500-700), and a modern re-creation of a Toco Toucan by the renowned taxidermist Carl Church of Pickering, North Yorkshire (estimate: £1,500-2,500).
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Thursday 7th September 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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