LATE 19TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY CAST PAINTED SALMON HEAD
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£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
on an oak wall plaque with ivorine label to the reverse "A.J.Ponchaud Taxidermist, Ringwood", with a paper label with inscription "Salmon, weight 25lbs, length 39", girth 22", tale 9 (an abnormally small head for size and weight) caught on a prawn, 'River Avon' at the Piles Royalty Fishery, Christchurch, Hants, April 1934 by H.S. Eyre", 20cm long
Provenance: the Estate of the late Rufus Eyre.
