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LOT 2382
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Pot
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (245 grams total, 58 mm high).
A cylindrical pot with a domed lid carved from fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a Goniatite sp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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