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LOT 2472
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (218 grams, 12 cm).
A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stone, showing a section of a large Orthoceras sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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