Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 339

A VICTORIAN TAXIDERMY DISPLAY OF A CAPERCAILLE

BY PETER SPICER & SONS, LEAMINGTON, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 6,000

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A VICTORIAN TAXIDERMY DISPLAY OF A CAPERCAILLE
BY PETER SPICER & SONS, LEAMINGTON, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
In an ebonised case, with a paper label to the the reverse
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 24¼ in. (62 cm.)

Specialist note

A Capercaillie is a huge woodland grouse which was reintroduced to Scotland by the Marquess of Breadalbane in 1857 on Drummond Hill, Lertterellan, Perthshire.