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Country Pursuits, Sporting Guns, Taxidermy & Militaria On 25/06/2021

Country Pursuits, Sporting Guns, Taxidermy & Militaria

25/06/2021

A most interesting collection of over 230 lots - to include antique firearms & weapons including a rare pair of London 40 bore Officers percussion duelling pistols by Robert Braggs c1830/40 in original brass bound mahogany case (Lot 3027) estimated at £7,000 - £10,000, in addition to medals, militaria, sporting guns, a selection of taxidermy - & more.

Lot 3096

James Dixon & Sons copper and brass powder flask embossed with leaves H20cm; another copper powder f...

James Dixon & Sons copper and brass powder flask embossed with leaves H20cm; another copper powder flask with fluted decoration; two powder horns with stoppers; leather shot flask; and boxwood duck call (6)

7002

SOLD £80

Lot 3260

Taxidermy: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with cock pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), open display upon tree ...

Taxidermy: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with cock pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), open display upon tree mount detailed with moss, mount L64cm

10003

SOLD £150

Lot 3261

Taxidermy: European badger (Meles meles) full mount in walking position L82cm. ...

Taxidermy: European badger (Meles meles) full mount in walking position L82cm.

B12771

SOLD £130

Lot 3262

Taxidermy: European Moose (Alces alces), circa September 25th 1876, Norway, young adult male head mo...

Taxidermy: European Moose (Alces alces), circa September 25th 1876, Norway, young adult male head mount looking straight ahead, mounted upon a wooden double shield, bearing copper shield 'Elk, Norway, A.H.P, Sept 25th 1876'', mount H54.5cm W42.5m, this moose is from the historical collection at Hodnet Hall in Shropshire, home of the Heber family for generations.

9126

SOLD £750

Lot 3264

Taxidermy: East African Impala (Aepyceros melampus rendilis) male, shoulder mount looking straight a...

Taxidermy: East African Impala (Aepyceros melampus rendilis) male, shoulder mount looking straight ahead, H101cm.

9147

SOLD £280

Lot 3265

Taxidermy: Common impala (Aepyceros melampus) male, high quality shoulder mount looking straight ahe...

Taxidermy: Common impala (Aepyceros melampus) male, high quality shoulder mount looking straight ahead, H92.5cm.

B38124

SOLD £260

Lot 3271

Taxidermy: Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), H16cm, L64cm....

Taxidermy: Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), H16cm, L64cm.

9000

SOLD £45

Lot 3272

Taxidermy: A Large Cased Diorama of Birds, including ringed plovers, a water rail, a pochard and oth...

Taxidermy: A Large Cased Diorama of Birds, including ringed plovers, a water rail, a pochard and other water birds in a naturalistic setting, H76.5cm W90cm

10006

SOLD £190

Lot 3276

Taxidermy: Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) a full mount on a tree stump in a naturalist...

Taxidermy: Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) a full mount on a tree stump in a naturalistic setting in a glass case, H41.5cm, W26.5

B13834

SOLD £160

Lot 3277

Taxidermy: Brace of two red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) tied together with rope around the ne...

Taxidermy: Brace of two red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) tied together with rope around the neck, L34cm.

B7927

SOLD £40

Lot 3278

Taxidermy: Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), modern, by award winning Taxidermist - Carl Church, Pic...

Taxidermy: Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), modern, by award winning Taxidermist - Carl Church, Pickering, North Yorkshire, a full mount adult perched on a rock, H36cm W35cm.

B13834

SOLD £300

Lot 3279

Taxidermy: Carrion crows (Corvus corone) modern, by award winning Taxidermist - Carl Church, Pickeri...

Taxidermy: Carrion crows (Corvus corone) modern, by award winning Taxidermist - Carl Church, Pickering, North Yorkshire, one specimen in flight, one perched on a tree, maximum H66.5.

9102

SOLD £160