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LOT 2620
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/8 in. (3.58 kg total, 16.2 cm each).
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone showing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. 912 grams, 15 x 9.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.