A TAXIDERMY SOUTH AFRICAN FLAMINGO (PHOENICOPTERUS ROSEUS)
Lot 107

A TAXIDERMY SOUTH AFRICAN FLAMINGO (PHOENICOPTERUS ROSEUS)

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 7,500

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A TAXIDERMY SOUTH AFRICAN FLAMINGO (PHOENICOPTERUS ROSEUS)
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With gilt, paste-mounted necklet, fixed to a driftwood base
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) tall

The Brading Collection, Isle of Wight; Duke's, Dorchester, 13 April 2010, lot 460.

Specialist note

The Wax Museum in Brading, the Isle of Wight, opened in 1965. Its founder, Graham Osborn-Smith, purchased a number of eclectic collections, including a Victorian gentleman's collection of taxidermy. The museum, later known as Brading the Experience, closed in 2010 prompting the sale of the contents.