17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Juvenile Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), dated 1883, Val d'Arras, France, a young juvenile neck mount looking straight ahead, glass eyes, from the wall 35cm, height 46cm, mounted upon a simple shaped oak shield, with applied text -"E.N.B, 1883, Val d'Arras
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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