306 A very rare Hardy carved wooden River Test Sea-Trout

the naturalistically painted three quarter block fish mounted on rectangular bevelled edge oak backboard with applied ivorine legend plaque “9 ½lbs, Sea-Trout, Killed by H. Hodgson at Testwood, 18-9-24”, ivorine trade plaque to lower left corner, top section of dorsal fin missing, 32” wide (see illustration) £2000-3000