A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection

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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY ARMADILLO BASKET,the silk lined interior with draw-string, 24cm wide ...[more]

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY TORTOISE,with brass ashtray insert, 15cm wide ...[more]

TAXIDERMY CAIMAN CROCODILE,122cm longBoth front leg joints have split and are only attached by small sections of the skin, will require profession...

TAXIDERMY IMPALA BUST,Aepyceros melampus, 80cm long ...[more]

TAXIDERMY GAZELLE BUST,Gazella gazella, 62cm long ...[more]

TAXIDERMY GAZELLE BUST,Gazella gazella, 62cm longSlight 'tufts' to snout mid-section, left ear with 3cm split from top, right ear 1.5cm split from...

TAXIDERMY GREY SQUIRREL,Sciurus carolinensis, mounted with acorn on branch section, 23cm long ...[more]

TAXIDERMY DEER'S HOOF,mounted on wooden plaque base ...[more]

LARGE PAIR OF TAXIDERMY TEXAS LONGHORN CATTLE HORNS,mounted on a wooden wall plaque, 106.5cm wide ...[more]

TAXIDERMY FALLOW DEER HEAD,on heart shaped mount, 53cm from horn to horn ...[more]

COLLECTION OF MINERAL SPECIMENS,including two possible silver/gold ore matrixes, rock quartz and other examples ...[more]

EARLY 20TH CENTURY TORTOISE TAXIDERMY ASHTRAY,with metal insert, 12.5cm wide ...[more]

VICTORIAN TAXIDERMY KINGFISHER DISPLAY,modelled with two birds on a branch, on laquered base under a glass dome, 41cm highUsual fritting and nibbl...

LARGE TAXIDERMY BRINDLED GNU (CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS) WILDEBEEST,shoulder mount ...[more]

TAXIDERMY OF A STOAT,modelled on a branch, 36cm wide ...[more]

TAXIDERMY OF A WEASEL,on a plinth base, 26cm wide ...[more]

TAXIDERMY FIGURE OF A DUCK,on plinth base, 30cm high ...[more]

TAXIDERMY OF A PEACOCK PHEASANT,modelled on a tree section, 48cm long ...[more]

PAIR OF TAXIDERMY HAWKSBILL TURTLES,circa early to mid-20th century, 50cm and 53cm long respectively; sold with CITES Certificates ...[more]

TAXIDERMY DISPLAY,mounted with grasshopper, scorpion, and a further insect in glazed case, 23.5cm x 25cm overall ...[more]

LARGE FOSSILISED GONIATITE AND ORTHOCERAS FORMATION,Devonian Period, displaying nine goniatites and an orthoceras in matrix, 60cm high, 77cm wide,...

FOSSILISED MESOSAUR BRASILIENSIS SKELETON,Permian period, 30.3cm x 36.7cm overallThe slab is not backed onto a board but is 'loose'; it is stable ...

SMALL FOSSILISED ICHTHYOSAUR SKELETON,Jurassic period, 56cm x 43cm overallAdditional images available with further to follow; this plaque has over...

FINELY PREPARED EPARIETITES AMMONITE SPECIMEN,Jurassic Period, on matrix, likely Frodingham Ironstone Quarries, Scunthorpe, 23cm high ...[more]

FOSSILISED CRINOID PLATE,Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, Devonian Period (400 million years BP), six specimens in matrix, 48cm x 37cm overall ...[m...

FOSSILISED CRINOID PLATE,Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, Devonian Period (400 million years BP), multiple specimens in matrix, 63cm x 92cm overall ...

RARE FOSSILISED QUADRUPLE SEA LILY CRINOID,Seirocrinus subangularis, Jurassic period, set in dark stone matrix, Holzmaden, Germany, 90.5cm x 60cm ...

LARGE POLISHED MALACHITE SPECIMEN,Congo, including other minerals within the matrix, 45cm wide ...[more]

LARGE & IMPRESSIVE FLUORITE SPECIMEN,mined in Fraser's Hush, Weardale, County Durham, 35cm high, 85cm wide ...[more]

FLUORITE SPECIMEN,presented in geometric matrix, mined at Black Dean, Weardale, County Durham, 35cm wide ...[more]

AMETHYST 'VUG' GEODE,44cm highUpper section has unfortunately been broken and reglued, there is a missing section, fissures / hairlines around the...

FLUORITE SPECIMEN,mined in Blackdean, Weardale, 37cm wide ...[more]

CELESTITE GEODE,with internal crystals, Madagascar, 30cm wide ...[more]

POLISHED OCEAN JASPER SPECIMEN,25cm wide ...[more]

TWO AMMONITE MORTALITY COLONIES,Jurassic Period, both on matrix, the larger 40cm wide (2) ...[more]

POLISHED FOSSILISED WOOD SPECIMEN,Javanese, 22cm high, and a mineral specimen, probably banded calcite (2) ...[more]

PSEUDOMORPH AGATE SLICE SPECIMEN,probably Coyamito, Mexico, with attractive internal banding and formations, 46 x 40cmAdditional images now availa...

FOSSILISED PRISCACARA FISH SKELETON,Eocene period, Green River Formation, Wyoming, 32.2cm x 36.5cm ...[more]

HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, MORRIS (F.O.),eight edition, pub. Nimmo, London, 1895, together with European Butterflies & Moths by Kirby (W.F.),...

GIBEON IRON OCTAHEDRITE METEORITE OF GOOD SIZE AND ATTRACTIVE FORM,Great Nama land, Namibia, displaying fusion crust and regmaglyphs, 25cm x 18cm,...

SEVEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND FOLDING MAPS,late 19th/early 20th century, comprising Oban (sheet 45), Kilmartin (sheet 36), Cape Wrath (sheet...

BOOK OF BRITISH HAWK MOTHS, LUCAS (W.J.),pub. L. Upcott Gill, London, 1895, gilt tooled green cloth boards ...[more]

LARGE QUARTZ MINERAL SPECIMEN,approximately 25cm deep, 33cm wide and 15.5cm high ...[more]

ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL GROUP,upper Devonian Period (circa 370 MYA), presented on stone matrix, 23 x 44cm ...[more]

FOSSILISED MEGALODON SHARK'S TOOTH,Carcharhinus Leucas, Pliocene Period, Florida, 10.5 x 8.7cm ...[more]

TWO FOSSILISED LARVAE,Ephemeropsis trisetalis (Larvae of Libelula), Lower Cretaceous, Liaoming, China, 5.2 x 6.3cm, together with a fossilised lea...

FOSSILISED DROTOPS MEGALOMANICUS TRILOBITE ,Devonian Period, Erfound, Morocco, presented on matrix, the specimen 12cm long ...[more]

TWO FOSSILISED DINOSAUR VERTIBRAE,the larger from a Triceritops, Crutaceous period, Hell's Creek, Montana, 12cm at widest point, the second an uni...

THREE TRILOBITE FOSSIL SPECIMENS,the two larger genus Ogygopsis, Cambrian period, Canada, 8.5cm long each, the smaller Phacoes, Devonian period, M...

NINE FOSSILISED AMMONOID SPECIMENS,including two polished Goniatite, Erfoud, Morocco, 9.7cm wide, an Echonoide, unidentified species, an ammonite ...

COLLECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY MARINE LIFE FOSSILS,including two Orthoceras plates, the larger 14cm long, Turritella terebralis, two Belemnitella, al...

COLLECTION OF BALTIC AMBER SPECIMENS,Upper Eocene period, each with insect inclusions, accompanied with annotated labels detailing the species, th...

LARGE & IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF MINERAL SPECIMENS,including a lirocinote and minor clinoclase from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall, apophyllite from Poon...

COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTARY METEORITE SPECIMENS,including numerous Sikhote-Alin, Sahara, Millbillillie, and further from Diablo Canyon, Arizona, and...

COLLECTION OF FOSSILISED AMMONITE SPECIMENS,including groups, numerous within original matrix, of varied sizes, includes a pyrotised example from ...

COLLECTION OF FOSSILISED PLANT AND MARINE LIFE SPECIMENS,including a large nautilus in limestone matrix, Mid-Jurrasic, 14cm wide, coral, leaves, g...

COLLECTION OF MINERAL SPECIMENS,including three coloured agate slices, a tiger's eye slab from South Africa, sodalite from Brazil, chrysocolla fro...

TAXIDERMY STUDY OF A FOX,on shield shaped mount, along with antlers (2) ...[more]

TAXIDERMY DISPLAY OF MOUNTED BEETLES,varied size and species, the smaller with annotated notes, presented in glazed display case, 31 x 38.5cm over...

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