6th May, 2021 12:00

From the Curious to the Extraordinary

 
  Lot 141
 

TAXIDERMY: ‘WOLPERTINGER’

TAXIDERMY: ‘WOLPERTINGER’

free standing full mount, with one paw raised, fully grown adult male Wolpertinger (lepus / anas)

length 54cm, height 62cm

From German folklore, the mythological Wolpertinger is a hare-like animal, with the wings of a duck; antlers of a deer; and fangs of coyote, said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany. No wunderkammer is complete without one.

Sold for £1,375

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