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LOT 2175
Natural History - Polished Fossil Chalice
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (309 grams, 10.9 cm).
Footed chalice with a wide bowl; fossil inclusions. [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.
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
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Natural History - Large British Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three leg bones (radius, tibia) from Coelodonta antiquitatis. 5.65 kg total, 37-40 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The woolly rhinoceros inhabited northern Eurasia and mostly fed on grasses and sedges that grew in the mammoth steppe. An adult typically stood at 1.45-1.6 metres high with a large front horn that would have measured 1-1.35 metres long. -
Natural History - Imilac Pallasite Meteorite
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Meteorite in a cuboid capsule; classified as a stony–iron pallasite, Imilac specimens are highly prized by meteorite collectors. 0.66 grams, 11 mm
Found in Chile's Atacama desert while filming an episode of the TV series Meterorite Men. Acquired from Steve Arnold, co-star of 'Meteorite Men'. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Steve Arnold.
