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A Cased Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), dated 1908, by L.J. Childs, Taxidermist, Naturalist and Fish mounter, 81 Clarence Road, Clapton, London, preserved and mounted in a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a green painted back drop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised flat-fronted display case, approx 76cm by 16cm by 45cm. A photocopy of Child's biography ins included with the lot, it states "In 1909 Leonard James Childs claimed to have been in the fishing tackle and taxidermy trade for upwards of forty years - yet he was only forty years old at the time! It is common to claim continuity of business when someone takes over a family business, but until the early 1900's Childs worked in the construction of Pianos and his father had been a carpenter. It is possible that he purchased an old-established business at 81 Clarence Road, Clapton, North London. Childs was a member of the Clapton Flyfishers' and General Angling Society and is recognised for the one act only, the capture of a large carp. On Thursday August 6th 1908 he was fishing the River Lea at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, when he caught a 15lb 10oz carp. He was ledgering with a fly-rod and one of his own speciality No 9 gold-plated roach hooks. The carp was set up in a case along with the hook with which it was caught (hook no longer present)- presumably by Childs himself" bearing hand written paper label verso, case restored in 1937 by Gardner of Kingston Museum in Surrey
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