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LOT 2474
Fossil Shrimp Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 3 1/4 in. (295 grams total, 59-82 mm).
Comprising three matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Reptile Footprints in Matrix
Permian Period, circa 299-298 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The matrix containing three Salichnium decessus type fossilised amphibian footprints; an information sticker on the reverse. 227 grams, 18 cm
From Saint Afrique, Aueyron, France. 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. -
Australian Fossil Insect Cocoon Pair
Holocene Period, from 11,700 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two insect cocoons from Leptopius duponti, each with a characteristic opening. 121 grams total, 53-57 mm
From 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. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of spherical beads interspersed with glass barleytwist beads, and a large melon bead at the centre; restrung. 67 grams, 49 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
