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

Julian Smith


Auction: 

Thursday 2nd October at 10.30am


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Total lots: 376

TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF GOLDEYE SEA DUCKS
Lot 310a Sold
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF GOLDEYE SEA DUCKS
male and female, in a glazed display case, set in a naturalistic setting, in the style of Rowland Ward of London,
38cm high x 50cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A DUCK BY ROWLAND WARD OF LONDON
Lot 311 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A DUCK BY ROWLAND WARD OF LONDON
in a glazed display cased within a naturalistic setting, with Rowland Ward of London ivorine plaque to case, 34cm high x 48cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A EURASIAN WIGEON DUCK BY ROWLAND WARD OF LONDON
Lot 312 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A EURASIAN WIGEON DUCK BY ROWLAND WARD OF LONDON
in a glazed display case set within a naturalistic setting, with Rowland Ward of London ivorine plaque, 38cm high x 43cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF RED GROUSE
Lot 313 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF RED GROUSE
set in a glazed fronted ebonised case within a naturalistic setting, 45cm high x 60cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A COCK PHEASANT
Lot 314 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A COCK PHEASANT
set in a glazed fronted case within a naturalistic setting, 48cm high x 84cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: AN OTTER BY T . E GUNN OF NORWICH
Lot 315 Sold
TAXIDERMY: AN OTTER BY T . E GUNN OF NORWICH
set in a glazed fronted case within a naturalistic setting, with T. E. Gunn label to the case back, 50cm high x 60cm wide

Provenance: Galhampton Manor, Somerset.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
A PAIR OF FALLOW ANTLER SKULL MOUNTS
Lot 316 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A BARBEL
Lot 317 Sold
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
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK
Lot 318 Sold
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. Rowland Ward Ltd, Naturalist, The Jungle, 167 Piccadilly, London, no. 5947', 33cm wide
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN BARN OWLS
Lot 319 Unsold
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
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A CHAMOIS NECK MOUNT
Lot 320 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A CHAMOIS NECK MOUNT
with ivorine plaque to the back 'A. C. A. L Valdieri Entracque, Italy September, 1965', 50cm high
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF EDWARDIAN BUZZARDS
Lot 321 Unsold
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 of Rufus Eyre.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF RED STAG ANTLERS
Lot 322 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A PAIR OF RED STAG ANTLERS
mounted on an oak shield, 56cm wide
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
A 19TH CENTURY SMALL ALLIGATOR
Lot 323 Unsold
A 19TH CENTURY SMALL ALLIGATOR
mounted on a wooded plinth, 38cm long
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A ROACH BY W. F. HOMER OF LONDON
Lot 323a Sold
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 Piscatorial Society', 32high x 47cm wide

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A HERON BY J. HUTCHINGS OF ABERYSTWYTH
Lot 324 Unsold
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.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A WILD BOAR'S HEAD
Lot 325 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A WILD BOAR'S HEAD
mounted on an oak black-forest style shield, 76cm wide

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A ROE DEER HEAD
Lot 325a Unsold
TAXIDERMY: A ROE DEER HEAD
on an oak shield, 52cm high

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A SET OF GAZELLE ANTLERS
Lot 326 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £250
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK BY P. SPICER & SONS OF LEAMINGTON
Lot 326a Sold
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

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £80 - £150
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A RARE LAMPRY
Lot 327 Unsold
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 wrote 'The Domesday Book of English Fish Taxidermists', 28cm high x 90cm wide; together with a collection of black and white photographs (2)

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
Estimate: £400 - £800
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A COCK PHEASANT
Lot 328 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A COCK PHEASANT
on an oval wooden painted base, 40cm high x 24cm wide
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: AN EDWARDIAN CUCKOO
Lot 329 Sold
TAXIDERMY: AN EDWARDIAN CUCKOO
cased, set within a naturalistic setting on a perch, 28cm high x 40cm wide
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK
Lot 330 Unsold
TAXIDERMY: A FOX MASK
mounted on an oak shield, with paper label to the back 'F.E. Potter, Taxidermist', 28cm high
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025

Total lots: 376

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