A Venus Flower Basket specimen(Euplectella aspergillum) and other Marine curiosities, 6
284†
A Venus Flower Basket specimen(Euplectella aspergillum) and other Marine curiosities,
including a framed example of a Southern Ocean crab, wrongly labelled as Cypraea Eglantinia (Dog Rose Cowry) together with some deep sea tubeworm shells. 6
Sold for £312 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The Venus Flower Basket is a deep ocean sponge, dried examples were often given as gifts at Asian weddings as the skeleton will often house a pair of symbiotic shrimp. They were very popular in Victorian times.

Category: Natural History

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