14th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 2043
 

2043

Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Stoats (Mustela erminea), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street,...

Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Stoats (Mustela erminea), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, a pair of full mounts in partial winter coat, one stood upon a grit covered faux rock ledge, the other below upon grit covered faux rock work with a juvenile rabbit prey underfoot, both amidst a natural setting of ferns, heather and brush, set against a pale blue painted sky back board, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 62cm by 19.5cm by 37cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left

Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

small crack to front glass upper left corner 8cm, vertical crack to interior back board

 


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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 14th Jun, 2019

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