A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Natural History John had been rumbled

John had been rumbled

Mostly from the Yazd region

The life size parian ware (

surviving from the early Victorian period

A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Natural History John had been rumbledOrigin: 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