A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios Shield Height: 11 inches

Shield Height: 11 inches

A charming

To the back of the rear sabre legs there is some bubbling to the laquer

one of the oldest in the country where Shah Abbas is buried

blued steel hands and an engraving verso reading 'S

A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios Shield Height: 11 inchesOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1910 Diameter: 3. 5 inches (at maximum) Height: 7 inches The specimen, preserved in formaldehyde within a cylindrical glass capsule, the label in latin reading Adamsia palliata on Eupagurus Bernhardus Commensalism and further makers label for T Gerrard & Co Ltd, Pentonville Road, London. The specimen, and the capsule it resides in, are in fine