Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020

Lot 419

A VICTORIAN MINERAL COLLECTION ARRANGED BY BRYCE M. WRIGHT

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A VICTORIAN MINERAL COLLECTION

ARRANGED BY BRYCE M. WRIGHT, C.1860-70

comprising ninety-six specimens including: red hematite, blue john, chalcedony, serpentine, granite, amethyst, fluor spar, Iceland spar, quartz and Labradorite, each numbered in a card tray with a corresponding handwritten and printed paper label, contained in two lift-out mahogany trays within a mahogany case, the hinged lid with a printed label to the underside outlining the different collections available, 'Bryce M. Wright, 90 Great Russell St. Bloomsbury, London W.C.'

8.5cm high, 42.6cm wide, 26cm deep