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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying large green twinned crystals, collection number 573; purchased from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £45.00 in 1984, with an old label and invoice. 50 grams, 33 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Spherical geode cut in half exposing the internal cavity filled with dark purple amethyst crystals. 1.05 kg total, 11.2 cm each
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone showing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. 912 grams, 15 x 9.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
.jpg "Natural History - Boxed Nailhead Calcite Mineral Specimen")
A cluster comprising crystals with flat pyramidal termination; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 65 grams, 48 mm
From U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying vivid emerald-green, ruby-red and greyish black colours, collection number 381. 140 grams, 76 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
This form of ruby zoisite can only be found in Tanzania.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
This form of ruby zoisite can only be found in Tanzania.
.jpg "Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display")
NATURAL HISTORY - POLISHED FOSSIL GONIATITE DISPLAY
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising four Goniatite sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. 2.36 kg, 20 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
An irregular L4/5 specimen with some fusion crust. 204 grams, 57 mm
UK private collection.
UK private collection.
Comprising: five mineral specimens in glass bottles; gypsum from Mexico, collection number 79; cerussite from Ireland, collection number 284; granite from England, collection number 406; quartzite from North Transvaal, South Africa; and three large mineral specimens. 5.25 kg total, 2.5-19 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A molar from Coelodonta antiquitatis with root. 74 grams, 78 mm
Ex J. Shaul collection.
The form of the woolly rhino’s skull and teeth had evolved to support its grazing lifestyle with its head dipped downwards towards the ground, even in its relaxed attitude. The skull is unusual in having both an extensively ossified nasal septum, probably evolved as a result of the heavy pressure on the horn and face when grazing, and a down-turned anterior region on the premaxilla that contacts the edge of the upper jaw. The shoulders were raised with a powerful hump, used to support the animal's massive front horn and also used for storing fat.
Ex J. Shaul collection.
The form of the woolly rhino’s skull and teeth had evolved to support its grazing lifestyle with its head dipped downwards towards the ground, even in its relaxed attitude. The skull is unusual in having both an extensively ossified nasal septum, probably evolved as a result of the heavy pressure on the horn and face when grazing, and a down-turned anterior region on the premaxilla that contacts the edge of the upper jaw. The shoulders were raised with a powerful hump, used to support the animal's massive front horn and also used for storing fat.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. 587 grams, 90 x 91 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Two of the quartz crystals forming a cross, on a matrix of grey sphalerite with some pyrite present, collection number 628, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 129 grams, 63 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Comprising: botryoidal psilomelane from Stanislawow, Poland, collection number 608, with an old Geologisch Centrum, Netherlands, label; rosasite and calcite on goethite and limonite from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, collection number 61; sphalerite on quartz, collection number 187; pyrite from Italy, collection number 339; a cut and polished crazy laced agate nodule, collection number 299; chalcopyrite on baryte, collection number 238; celestine from Malagasy Republic, Africa, collection number 29; calcite on pyrite from Levant Mine, Cornwall, England, collection number 474; calcite from England, collection number 102. 1 kg total, 36-89 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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