HISTORY OF TROPHY FISH CARVING
P. D. Malloch
Perth, Scotland
 Malloch photo

Russell's main competition was a fellow Scotsman named Peter Duncan Malloch who unlike most carved fish in two-thirds body form. Born in 1853 of humble parentage in the village of Almondbank near Perth, he did not have the advantages of higher education and spent his youthful days in the woods and fishing in the River Almond. With his brother James as his assistant, he started, at age 18, a small taxidermy and fishing tackle business in Perth, where it remained under the name of P. D. Malloch, until 1981. Malloch's was one of the top, if not the top, game fishing and gun shops in Scotland.

Malloch's had three makers. The early maker (1900-1922); the middle maker (1920 -early 30's ) and the late Malloch maker (1934 - 1952)

Peter Malloch died in 1921 at the age of 68.



 Malloch fish carving
Atlantic Salmon-53 in. by middle Malloch maker Caught Feb. 1930 -
( Pl. 255 Fish Models, Plaques and Effigies- Ron Swanson )
 Malloch fish carving
P.D. Malloch salmon- $20,700
P. D. Malloch fish carving
Late Malloch model -40.5 lbs. salmon
River Boyne, Ireland-1933
Length: 3 ft. 10in., Girth: 2 ft. 1in.
( Pl. 256 Fish Models, Plaques and Effigies-Ron Swanson )


P. D. Malloch
Atlantic Salmon 46 lb. 10 oz. taken at Kinkell Bridge on the River Tay by Mrs. S.R. Macmillan 13th September 1906. Plaque is 137cm. x 46cm., half block carving by P.D. Malloch


unknown carving
Located at Carbisdale Castle , United Kingdom
According to Ellen McCaleb, carving by P.D. Malloch

unknown carving
Located at Carbisdale Castle , United Kingdom
According to Ellen McCaleb, carving by P.D. Malloch

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