Natural History, Taxidermy, Geology, etc.
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#0243 Fossilized Icthyosaurus Vertebrum, Jurassic Period **Sold** in our Liverpool shop
Only 1 left in stockA large fossilized Icthyosaurus vertebrum dating to the Jurassic period or older (150-250 million years old).
17.5cm (7 inches) at widest point, 6.5cm (2.5 inches) deep.
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#1562 Stuffed Tawney Owl **SOLD** through our Liverpool shop May 2017
Only 1 left in stockAn attractively mounted stuffed Tawney Owl (Latin: Strix aluco) - 20th Century.
Condition: there is white paint on the feathers of the upper back and head, probably' sustained' during home decorating; otherwise in very good condition.
Total height: 45cm (17.7 inches).
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#1600 'Scrap Metal' Dinosaur, 20th Century **SOLD** June 2018
Only 1 left in stockAn unusual dinosaur sculpture ingenuously constructed from welded recycled metal components and cast aluminium skull with articulated jaw.
Condition: excellent.
35cm (13.75 inches) long; 14cm (5.5 inches) high.
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#1656 Carved Jade Eagle from Canada, 20th Century **Sold** February 2018
Only 1 left in stockA small translucent dark green Jade (Nephrite) Eagle made in Canada during the second half of the 20th Century.
Condition: excellent.
5.8cm / 2.25 inches high; 6cm / 2.5 inches across
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#1673 Victorian Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Commemorative "Scrimshaw" Shell S.S. Great Eastern, circa 1866 **Sold** February 2018
Only 1 left in stockA rare dedicated souvenir "Turban Shell" (Latin: Turbo Marmoratus) hand engraved, onboard ship, "with a penknife" by C H Wood.
This presentation piece was commisioned by the ship's Chief Engineer William Driver, for his brother Charles in 1866, to commemorate the laying of the transatlantc telegraph cable.
The Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was an iron steam sailing ship which, from it's 1858 launch until 1899, was the largest ship ever built.
The inscriptions, in addition to the ship's dimensions, read:
"A Present from the Gt Eastern (Lying in the River Mersey)."
"To Charles Driver from his brother William"
"As a gratifying remembrance of laying the submarine Telegraph Cable of 1866 from England and America, and recovering the last Cable of 1865. And with triumphant success accomplished the laying of that also"
"J Anderson Commander" (Sir James Anderson was Captain of the Great Eastern from 1865 to 1866)
"W Driver Chief Engineer S crew"
signed Eng "With a penknife by C Wood.
Condition: very good. There is a crack to the inside of the mouth which, for the most part, is not visible on the outside. There have been no repairs or restoration.
13cm / 5 inches long
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#0011 Stuffed Pike (Esox lucius) **Sold** October 2008
Only 1 left in stockA mid 20th Century polystyrene filled pike. The back is undercoated (painted black) as this item would originally have been mounted and glued into display case.
Condition - some very minor losses but good overall..
30 inches (76cm) Long.
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#1746 Small Carved Wood Imitation "Coco dr Mer" (Sea Coconut) from the Seychelles **SOLD** December 2018
Only 1 left in stockA small Seychelle Islands souvenir copy of a Coco de Mer (Latin . Lodoicea maldivica), the largwst seed in the world, which is largest seed in the plant world.
Condition: some light scratches to the varnished surface.
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11cm / 4.25 inches high
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#1752 "Prize Bull" Photograph, circa 1930s **Sold** September 2018
Only 1 left in stock