Cut and Polished Fossil Sponge in Flint Nodule

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 80 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 1/8 in. (315 grams total, 80-81 mm).

An oval pebble cut in half and polished to a high degree with a small crystal-lined cavity on one side. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From Beachy Head, Sussex, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2285