Shell collection
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Shell
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553782
Summary
Shells. A collection of 14 small shell specimens. One orange, conical, small Marginella. One round, spiral shell. 12 small, round Littorina shells, most are purple with white spots or stripes, and two are cream-coloured.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.