Atlantic Salmon wood carving fish wall mount JOHN TULLY Scotland 1900's

  
Truly an amazing carving by John Tully from Scotland. Pics do not do capture the meticulous details and immense size of this fish carving. The Salmon itself measures 48" from tip to tail with the plaque measuring 56" overall. This is a great piece and makes a focal point and statement in any room. All original paint with slight wear to fins and expected signs of age.

Fins have NOT been broken off as is typical to these. I will do my best to as answer your questions. The modern European tradition of artistic trophies was started in the late 1800's as fishing for sport became popular. The affluent began to travel all over the world in pursuit of game fish. As interest in fishing grew, the practice of preserving large or important fish became fashionable and skin mounts were unreliable so artists turned to wood and thus began creating life-size models.

Russell (1819/20-1893) of Scotland was one of the first professional model maker. Russell's daughter Dhuie painted many of his pieces and subsequently those of her husband John Tully who was an apprentice to Russel. Russell's studio, the Fochabers Studio, made models for the prestigious C.

Which ran advertisements in its catalogue from 1891 into the 1930s for Fochabers fish models. The item "Atlantic Salmon wood carving fish wall mount JOHN TULLY Scotland 1900's" is in sale since Wednesday, November 25, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Primitives".

The seller is "treasurehunt_antiques" and is located in Gaylord, Michigan. This item can't be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.

1. Type: Sculptures & Carvings
2. Date of Creation: 1900-1949
3. Material: Wood
4. Size Type/Largest Dimension: Large (Greater than 30in.)
5. Style: folk art
6. Original/Reproduction: Original
7. Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
8. Region of Origin: Scotland
9. Fish Species: Atlantic Salmon
10. Signed: Unsigned
11. Maker: john Tully