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LOT 2271
Natural History - Polynesian Lamarck Shell Collection
5/8 - 1 3/8 in. (98 grams total, 16-34 mm).
Comprising twenty-nine Cypraea obvelata specimens. [29, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North London, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The triangular box and lid carved from fossiliferous stone containing Orthoceras sp. and Goniatite sp. fossils; the lid set with a large goniatite fossil. 470 grams, 12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With replicated dentition, small eye sockets and broad cheekbones; perhaps Australopithecus. 1.44 kg, 21.5 cm
From 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. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung with tabular, tubular and other beads, metal spacers. 47 grams, 39 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
