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LOT 2734
Natural History - Early Human Skull Replica
8 7/8 in. (1.54 kg, 22.5 cm).
Homo erectus cranial skull replica with hand-painted details. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Homo erectus is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene Period, and several human species seems to have evolved from it. Homo erectus had a more modern gait and body proportions, and was the first human species to have exhibited a flat face, prominent nose, and possibly sparse body hair coverage.
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 102 grams, 76 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
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Natural History - Large Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Hildoceras sp. in an irregular matrix nodule. 1.34 kg total, 10.5-11.5 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: pyrolusite from Cornwall, England, collection number 362; hematite on a granite base from Cumbria, England; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, collection number 184; pyrolusite from Solenhofen, Bavaria, collection number 256, with an old James Walker label; granite from Scotland(?), collection number 466; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 454; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; halite from Brazil, collection number 220. 1.37 kg total, 3.8-14.6 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
