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LOT 2463
Fossil Nothofagus Ferns in Matrix
LOWER EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-48 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (301 grams, 18 cm).
An irregular matrix with multiple Southern beech leaves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Redbank Plains formation, Ebbw Vale, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
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.
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 150 grams, 59 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on, the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Fossil Belemnite in Matrix with Ammonite Impression
Jurassic Period, circa 201-143 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
An irregular matrix with Cylindroteuthis puzosiana belemnite and an impression of Kosmoceras ammonite, inked collector's number '55'. 687 grams, 27.1 cm
From Jurassic Oxford Clay, Jason Zone, Calvert, Buckinghamshire, 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. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of polished polygonal, discoid and other beads, restrung with a metal hook-and-loop clasp. 58 grams, 54 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.
