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Auction date Thursday 2 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


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Thursday 2nd October at 10.30am


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of 16

Lots per page:

Total lots: 370

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
316 A PAIR OF FALLOW ANTLER SKULL MOUNTS
mounted on an oak shaped shield, with plaque with inscription 'J. A .F. B. Ohr, 11th of December, 1999', 82cm high

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
£30 - £50 £50 View
317 TAXIDERMY: A BARBEL
by A. W. Gamage Ltd, London, in an aquatic setting, mounted in a glazed bow front case, 46cm high x 88cm wide
£200 - £400 £220 View
318 TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK
mounted on an oak shield, the ivorine plaque with inscription 'Exmoor Fox Hounds, November 1939. Killed at Cowley Wood', with paper label to the case back 'By Appointment to His Majesty The King.…
£50 - £100 £240 View
319 TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN BARN OWLS
set in a glazed fronted case set within a naturalistic setting, with paper label to the inside of the case 'W. Fry Bird and Animal Preserver, Long Bredy', 50cm high x 60cm wide
£50 - £100 - View
320 TAXIDERMY: A CHAMOIS NECK MOUNT
with ivorine plaque to the back 'A. C. A. L Valdieri Entracque, Italy September, 1965', 50cm high
£50 - £100 £60 View
321 TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN BUZZARDS
with a weasel and a dipper, set in a glazed fronted case within a naturalistic setting with a painted backboard, in the manor of Charles Thorpe, Croydon, 92cm high x 96cm wide

Provenance: The Estate…
£500 - £1,000 - View
322 TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF RED STAG ANTLERS
mounted on an oak shield, 56cm wide
£30 - £50 £60 View
323 A 19TH CENTURY SMALL ALLIGATOR
mounted on a wooded plinth, 38cm long
£50 - £100 - View
323a TAXIDERMY: A ROACH BY W. F. HOMER OF LONDON
in a glazed fronted case, set in a naturalistic setting, with gilt inscription to the case 'Roach 1 3/4 pounds caught at Elstree reservoir 24th of July, 1923 by Aurther Hull of the Order of the Float…
£200 - £400 £420 View
324 TAXIDERMY: A HERON BY J. HUTCHINGS OF ABERYSTWYTH
in a gilt bordered and glaze-fronted case, set within a naturalistic setting, 106cm high x 44cm wide

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£500 - £1,000 - View
325 TAXIDERMY: A WILD BOAR'S HEAD
mounted on an oak black-forest style shield, 76cm wide

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
325a TAXIDERMY: A ROE DEER HEAD
on an oak shield, 52cm high

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£50 - £100 - View
326 TAXIDERMY: A SET OF GAZELLE ANTLERS
on a shaped oak wall shield by Rowland Ward Ltd of London, paper label on reverse, no. 5478, 64cm high

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
£150 - £250 £160 View
326a TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK BY P. SPICER & SONS OF LEAMINGTON
on an oak shaped sheild with inscripton 'Silverton Fox Hounds November 22nd, 1912, Two Hours and Ten Minutes', back of sheild stamped 'P. Spicer & Sons Taxidermists Leamington', 24cm long
£80 - £150 £240 View
327 TAXIDERMY: A RARE LAMPRY
in a gilt bow fronted case set within a naturalistic setting, gilt inscription to glass, 'Lampry, 31bs 1oz, caught at Wainlodes on the river Sever, June 16th, 1994. Taxidermist Barry Williams, who…
£400 - £800 - View
328 TAXIDERMY: A COCK PHEASANT
on an oval wooden painted base, 40cm high x 24cm wide
£30 - £50 £35 View
329 TAXIDERMY: AN EDWARDIAN CUCKOO
cased, set within a naturalistic setting on a perch, 28cm high x 40cm wide
£50 - £100 - View
330 TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK
mounted on an oak shield, with paper label to the back 'F.E. Potter, Taxidermist', 28cm high
£30 - £50 - View
331 TAXIDERMY: A HERON BY J. COOPER & SONS OF RODNEY STREET, LONDON
in a bow front gilt-lined case, set within a naturalistic setting, a taxidermy rudd in his beak, 80cm high x 65cm wide

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£500 - £1,000 £400 View
332 TAXIDERMY: A ROE DEER NECK MOUNT
on an oak shaped shield, 54cm high

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
£150 - £250 - View
333 TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF WOODCOCKS
realistically posed, one in flight and the other nesting on the ground amongst foliage, mounted on an oval wood base, 51cm high
£50 - £100 £50 View
334 TAXIDERMY: A ROACH IN THE STYLE OF J. COOPER & SONS OF LONDON
in a glazed bow fronted case set within a naturalistic setting, with paper label to the inside of the case 'Roach 1lb 10oz caught by Miss Turman, river Mease, August 29th, 1925', 29cm high x 50cm…
£200 - £400 £240 View
335 TAXIDERMY: A SQUIRREL
in a glazed fronted case set within a naturalistic setting, with gilt inscription to the front of the case 'Shot by P. S. S. March 27th, 1930', 34cm high x 26cm wide; together with a roe deer skull…
£50 - £100 £90 View
336 TAXIDERMY: A REEDBUCK NECK MOUNT
set on an oak shield with gilt inscription 'Reedbuck Bahr-el Zeraf February, 1914', 37cm high
£80 - £150 £80 View

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