LARGE TAXIDERMY DIORAMA OF BRITISH BIRDS Y
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries: 16 November 2023 From 10:00
Description
with fifty-two specimens, to include a Nuthatch, Bitterns, wrynecks, Starling, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpeckers, Blackbirds, Redwing, Ring Ousel, Tree Creeper, Song Thrushes, Mistie Thrushes, Fieldfare, Kingfishers, Cuckoos, Turtle Dove, Wood Pigeons, Nightjar, Dabchicks, Teal Ducks, Rock Dove, Coots, Moorhen, Jack Snipes, Dipper, Common Snipes, Lapwing, Heron and Mallards, in an ebonised case by Bates of Eastbourne, wired
Dimensions
153cm wide, 106cm high, 55cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: The Sale of the Contents of Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities, Bonhams, Bolventor, Potter's Museum, 23 Sept 2003, Lot 347
Footnote
Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the UK, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/