HARDY BROS. LTD, ALNWICK: A RARE CARVED WOODEN SALMON

realistically painted and with relief fins, mounted on a rectangular chamfered edge oak presentation board, with inscription "Killed on the Wye, Courtfield Water, 10th April 1913 by E.F.M.B. Weight 35 1/2lbs", with Hardy ivorine plaque to the edge inscribed "Hardy Bros. Ltd, Alnwick", 130cm x 38cm

Provenance: From a private East Sussex vintage fishing tackle collection.

Illustrated: "Fishing Tackle for Collectors" by Charles Kewley and Howard Farrar, p.38.