14th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
2045
Taxidermy: A Cased Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street,...
Taxidermy: A Cased Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis), by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, a full mount female clinging to a lichen encrusted ash tree branch, issuing from faux rock groundwork, amidst a natural setting of ferns, tall grasses, moss and brush, set against a pale blue painted sky back board, enclosed within an ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 35.5cm by 17cm by 44.5cm, gilt lettering to front glass "Greenwoodpecker", taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left
Sold for £220
Estimated at £180 - £280
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 14th Jun, 2019
Natural History & Taxidermy
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