13th Feb, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: An Early Victorian Display of Twenty Six Tropical Birds, circa 1847, a varied collection
Taxidermy: An Early Victorian Display of Twenty Six Tropical Birds, circa 1847, a varied collection of twenty six tropical birds to include - Red-Legged Honeycreeper, Lance-Tailed Manakin, Berylline Hummingbird, White-Necked Jacobin, Swallow Tanager, Brazilian Tanager, Spangled Cotinga, Swallow Tailed Cotinga, Turquoise Tanager, Campo Troupial, Fawn Breasted Tanager, White-throated Manakin, etc, all perched and mounted upon a central lichen encrusted tree branch, issuing from a moss encrusted base, enclosed beneath a large period glass dome, mounted upon a rosewood veneered base, raised upon four squat bun feet, 39.5cm wide by 22cm depth by 57.5cm high overall including base
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 13th Feb, 2019
Natural History & Taxidermy
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