Live Auction 7855Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A CASED TAXIDERMY FISHING TROPHY
Lot 285

A CASED TAXIDERMY FISHING TROPHY

BY MALLOCH OF PERTH, 1925

Closed30 October 2012

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GBP 2,750

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A CASED TAXIDERMY FISHING TROPHY
BY MALLOCH OF PERTH, 1925
In a half-barrel glazed case with label inscribed 'P.D. MALLOCH. NATURALIST PERTH.' and another inscribed 'KILLED BY W.R.D.C. BURNBANE DELVINE./25. Weight 40 lb.'
56 in. (142 cm.) long

Specialist note

The Burnbane Pool on the River Tay is where Miss Ballantyne landed her record 64lb salmon after a reported 10-hour fight on Saturday October 7th 1922.