A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios shopping and posting early for

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5 inches / 7 inches with Dog

A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios shopping and posting early forOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1910 Diameter: 3. 5 inches (at maximum) Height: 7 inches The specimen, preserved in formaldehyde within a cylindrical glass capsule, the label in latin reading Adamsia palliata on Eupagurus Bernhardus Commensalism and further makers label for T Gerrard & Co Ltd, Pentonville Road, London. The specimen, and the capsule it resides in, are in fine