A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Curios dental therapists

dental therapists

by Zilla Rider Lea

The marbled effect top has two splits running through it but they are not overtly noticeable and the pilasters are in sound order

the whole to a moulded circular plinth and with the original ochre painted finish

but kept to the Scots Baronial style at its core

A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Curios dental therapistsOrigin: South Pacific Indian Ocean Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 11 Depth: 18 Width: 27 (all at maximum) The large preserved giant clam shell (Tridacna gigas), with four vertical folds, surviving in beautifully weathered condition from the south pacific or Indian oceans and from the zeniths of the nineteenth century. The specimen is in super condition with very few chipped losses. She sits both ways, as it were, stably