RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 28th September, 2020

ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN "BLONDE" TURTLE SHELL ON MOUNTED STAND c.1890

A unique late 19th Century “blond” turtle shell. This particular shell has a natural flaw: a “hunch“. Clearly this natural deformity did not impede this specimen from developing into adulthood. His “hunch-back” would have looked particularly odd to the sailors who captured him in South America at the tail end of the 19th Century.

Reference Number: B6488

A STONE JAR MADE FROM HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BRICKWORK, ENGLAND c.1950

A World War Two stone jar or biscuit box fashioned from the fragmented brickwork of the Houses of Parliament, collected after bomb damage during the war.

Reference Number: B6503

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