14th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
Lot 2065
 

2065

Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Pair of Pied Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta), by James Gardner,...

Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Pair of Pied Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta), by James Gardner, Naturalist to The Royal Family, 126 Oxford Street, London, a pair of full mounts, both stood upon painted faux rock work, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses, brush and fauna, set against a watercolour painted dusk scene interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case, 84cm by 17.5cm by 44.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior lower right

Sold for £300
Estimated at £350 - £450


 

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

Natural History & Taxidermy

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