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LOT 2563
Natural History - Victorian Glass Dome with South American Exotic Birds
19TH CENTURY A.D.
18 in. (2.1 kg, 45.5 cm).
A selection of taxidermy birds including manakin, bay-headed tanager, hummingbird, oriel, and others; most seated on a branch in a dynamic pose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a Hertfordshire lady since before 1974; thence by descent.
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LOT 2563
Natural History - Victorian Glass Dome with South American Exotic Birds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Natural History - Quartz Rock Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a large quantity of white to clear prismatic crystals, some in matrix. 1.36 kg total, 25-41 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing the internal chambers of the ammonite. 683 grams, 17.6 cm
English private collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: granite with high mica content from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 500; unakite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 229; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; pyrite, collection number 592; granite, collection number 540; gneiss veins in quartz with two cut and polished faces, collection number 404; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 506; grit from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 224; mica, collection number 366. 1.8 kg total, 4.6-20 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
