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LOT 2849
Polished Fossil Goniatite Ammonite Lidded Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (608 grams, 12.8 cm).
A rectangular box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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