Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Honey Buzzards (Pernis...
Lot Description:
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus), circa 1880-1900, by George White, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Salisbury, a pair of full mount adults, one perched upon a painted tree stump with head turning slightly to the left, the other below feeding upon a Hornets nest with left wing raised, amidst a natural setting of ferns, tall dry grasses and fauna, set against a typical sky painted back drop, with white clouds in the distance, enclosed within a large period ebonised single-glass display case with gilded border, 91.5cm by 25.5cm by 83cm, hand written paper legend to case interior upper centre ''Honey Buzzard shot near Gothenberg Sweden'', bearing taxidermist's paper trade label to interior lower right
Condition Report:
. front glass panel cracked to upper left corner, top panel split to outside upper back right, 07/04/21
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Lot Description:
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Honey Buzzards (Pernis apivorus), circa 1880-1900, by George White, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Salisbury, a pair of full mount adults, one perched upon a painted tree stump with head turning slightly to the left, the other below feeding upon a Hornets nest with left wing raised, amidst a natural setting of ferns, tall dry grasses and fauna, set against a typical sky painted back drop, with white clouds in the distance, enclosed within a large period ebonised single-glass display case with gilded border, 91.5cm by 25.5cm by 83cm, hand written paper legend to case interior upper centre ''Honey Buzzard shot near Gothenberg Sweden'', bearing taxidermist's paper trade label to interior lower right
Condition Report:
. front glass panel cracked to upper left corner, top panel split to outside upper back right, 07/04/21
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
