Furniture, Works of Art, Arms and Armour - 25th March 2015
Lot 510
λ Natural history. A small collection of items
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £200
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Description
λ Natural history. A small collection of items, including: a kapok, two strands of silk produced by silkworms in Brisbane, Australia, a mermaid's purse, a cedar of Lebanon cone, a porpoise's jawbone, a whale's eardrum captured in Shetland 1905, a taxidermied flying fish, an amber boulder weighing approximately 300g, a tortoise shell, a dried snake skin, two antlers, fossils, copper pyrites, minerals and a sisal leaf. (A lot)