6th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Taxidermy & Natural History

 
Lot 74
 

74

Taxidermy: A Rare Large Cased Diorama of Birds of Prey Endemic to Africa, circa 1865-1880, by...

Taxidermy: A Rare Large Cased Diorama of Birds of Prey Endemic to Africa, circa 1865-1880, by Ashmead & Co, Naturalists, 35 Bishopsgate, Without, a collection of various Birds of Prey comprising a pair of Rock Kestrels, African Marsh Harrier on a Burchell's Coucal prey, African Barn Owl, Jackal Buzzard, Black-winged kite, Black Harrier, Juvenile Steppe Buzzard on a Bokmakierie (Bushshrike) prey, all beautifully mounted within a natural setting of faux rock work, ferns, tall grasses and fauna, set against a painted evening sky back board, enclosed within a period ebonised three-glass floor standing display case, 158cm by 42.5cm by 108.5cm, taxidermists full paper trade label to interior bottom left of case Prize Medal 1862, Ashmead & Co, Naturalists, 35, Bishopsgate, Without

Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


 

case exterior has been fully re-painted black, small ingress of leaked paint to upper back inside right of case interior, the plinth base it would have originally sat upon is missing, Rob

 


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Auction: Taxidermy & Natural History, 6th Jul, 2018

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