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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), Sudan, circa 1900, single lower horn, with central drill aperture, old patination, 51cm CITES Appendix I Annex A (Exempt) and USESAWith specimen specific CITES licence
Guide Price: £5000-7000
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A German Antler Mounted Gun Stand, circa 1890, composed of European moose, red and fallow deer antlers, with oak six-gun bracket and stand, 160cm high Original maker's sepia photograph attached
Guide Price: £600-800
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A Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, signed E Hope, 19th century, depicting a sailor, full length holding a cutlass in his right hand, the Union Jack in his left hand, sailing ship and naval trophies beyond, incised signature E Hope, 12.5cm long; and Another, incised with a three-masted sailing trade ship, on choppy seas (on one side only), 11.3cm high (2) Ex Collection: Commander F C Husband-Clutton RN (dec'd)
Guide Price: £300-400
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Two Similar Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Teeth, 19th century, one incised with two gentlemen standing in conversation, wearing top hats and long-tailed jackets, 10.8cm high, the other with rose spray beneath an anchor and naval flag, 10.7cm high Ex Collection: Commander F C Husband-Clutton RN (dec'd)
Guide Price: £200-300
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), Pembrokeshire, circa 1906, full mount, its talons sunk into a rabbit prey amongst mosses and sedge grasses, in the original faux rosewood glazed case, 55cm high, 68cm wide, 26cm deep (the top with vestiges of old ink written label Williamston Pembrokeshire … 190…)Provenance: Plas Newydd, Denbigh
Guide Price: £150-250
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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), circa 1930, taxidermy horn, lower horn 39.6cm long, upper horn 18cm long, on angled oak block from an oval shield stamped Otto Bock CITES Appendix I Annex A (Exempt), also USESAOtto Bock, Gunmaker and Cartridge Designer. In 1905 he designed the 9,3X62 cartridge as an all-around big game cartridge adequate for most hunting in German Colonies in Africa. He succeeded admirably and this chambering is still highly regarded.
Guide Price: £5000-8000
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Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lichtensteinii), 20th century, shoulder mount, on rustic carved wood shield, 72cm from the wall
Guide Price: £120-180
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White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), circa 1920, horn on shield, 67cm, on oval mahogany shieldCITES Appendix I Annex A (Exempt), also USESA
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Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), 1960, shell, 78cm long; and Another, Smaller, 48cm (2) CITES Appendix 1 Annex A (Critically Endangered)With CITES LicencesGiven to the vendor as a marriage gift, Suva, Fiji 1960.
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Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), 1960, shell, 74cm; and Another Smaller, 50cm (2) CITES Annex A Appendix 1 (Critically Endangered) With CITES LicencesGiven to the vendor as a marriage gift, Suva, Fiji 1960.
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