Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 2360
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 x 2 7/8 in. (646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm).
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Three possibly Sinosura kelheimense each on a matrix. 140 grams total, 45-65 mm
From Stonhoffen, Germany. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. 496 grams total, 82-96 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. 0.23 grams, 13 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.