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LOT 2421
Natural History - Shell and Fossil Group
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 419-358 MILLION YEARS B.P.-20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 7 1/8 in. (890 grams total, 5.1-18 cm).
Including a Phacops rana trilobite and other types. [9, 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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