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LOT 2512

Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Trinket Box

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

5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (912 grams, 15 x 9.6 cm).

A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone showing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2512

Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Trinket Box

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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