9th Aug, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus), circa 1855, by John...
Taxidermy: A Victorian Cased Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus), circa 1855, by John Cooper, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, a full mount male stood upon grit covered groundwork, above a small mirrored faux pool of water, amidst reeds, tall grasses and fauna, set against a pale blue painted sky back board, enclosed within a typical ebonised three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 45cm by 14.5cm by 52cm, bearing label to interior "Shot by J.W.C. Dixon, at the duck ponds, Geelong, Australia 1855", taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left
Sold for £220
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 9th Aug, 2019
Natural History & Taxidermy
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