321 A fine and rare Fochaber’s carved wooden River Spey cock Salmon,

naturalistically painted half block fish with relief fins and mounted on rectangular oak backboard with applied shield shaped legend plaque to lower left corner “Killed by Mrs. Sassoon, Oct. 7^th 1897, Altdeary Pool, Gordon Castle, Weight 32lbs”, the oak backboard mounted within a gilt slipped oak stepped frame with running acanthus decoration,  53 ½” wide (see illustration) £3500-5500