Taxidermy: A Cased Common Roach (Rutilus rutilus), dated October

Taxidermy: A Cased Common Roach (Rutilus rutilus), dated October, 1935, by P. Horton, Taxidermy, Paddington, London, (Rutilus rutilus), Taxidermy: A Cased Common Roach (Rutilus rutilus), dated October, 1935, by P. Horton, Taxidermy, Paddington, London, a skin-mount preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled riverbed, mounted against a graduated pale green painted backdrop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 47cm by 13cm by 31.5cm, (unsigned), bearing gold legend to front glass - "Roach - 1lb. 10ozs, Caught by G.E. Thornhill at Little Wittenham, Oct 27th 1935"

Estimate:£400

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