Specimen box
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1844
Materials
cedar, metal, jasper, garnet, stone & silver
Measurements
60 x 230 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290177
Summary
Collection of stones in a small polished cedarwood box, the hinged lid broken. The small stone specimens were apparently originally in small card trays, now scattered. A paper booklet has a list of stones, each numbered and identified from 1 to 96. A date on the front is probably l844. The stones listed include opal, garnet, jasper, silver ore etc.