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ANTIQUE #SA1157793

Taxidermy- Tench By J. Cooper & Sons

£2,000    $2,672    €2,339
Caught Friday the 13th. Unlucky for some. In typical bow front case, retaining all its original tape and glass. Complete with small trade label pasted to the ceiling of the case for the much-celebrated fish taxidermist ‘J. Cooper & Sons’ with additional ivorine plaque to the back board with the inscription:
 
TENCH. 2lbs 5ozs
 
Caught by J.S.Massey
 
Friday 13th Aug 1943
 
At Wollaton Park.
 
Woolaton Hall & Park being the home of Nottingham’s famous natural history museum, which houses some remarkable Victorian taxidermy of its own.
 
For more information on J. Cooper & Sons see Barry Williams publication “The Domesday book of English Fish Taxidermists” published 2020. Nothing covers the subject so comprehensively.
 
54cm wide x 32cm high.
 
 
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Antique SA1157793 shown on this page was made in 1940. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1940
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