AN INLAID AMMONITE

Lot 88
28.10.2020 09:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 000
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ID 432705
Lot 88 | AN INLAID AMMONITE
Estimate value
£ 800 – 1 200
From the early Cretaceous (circa 135 million years ago), the 5-inch diameter cut specimen of Cleoniceras sp. with later ammolite infilled into the shell chambers by lapidarists in Germany, creating an attractive polychrome "rainbow" effect.
4 x 5 x 1/2in. (10 x 13 x 1cm.), height 5in. (13cm.) on stand.
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