Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

4 3/4 in. (470 grams, 12 cm).

The triangular box and lid carved from fossiliferous stone containing Orthoceras sp. and Goniatite sp. fossils; the lid set with a large goniatite fossil. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 2232