A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PLASTER TROPHY SALMON BY ROLAND WARD, TAXIDERMIST, c.1880

with ivorine plaque, bearing the following details: MALE SALMON, LENGTH 1m 26; Girth 0m.75; WEIGHT 50lbs 5 ozs.; Caught on July 22nd at 12.10AM at ALTA (Norway) on Altelv River, BEAT: LOWER JORAL-HOLMEN; POOL: BRADSTROM; ROD: LEONARD 13FT-19+OZS; REEL: EVERREADY; FLY: No.6 BLACK DOSE; CAST: NYLON 15lb TEST, mounted on a wooden shield with fly