An unusual Victorian pine ‘educational box’ or Wunderkammer ...

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£800

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An unusual Victorian pine ‘educational box’ or Wunderkammer collection case, the hinged cover opening to reveal four trays containing a charmingly varied array of neatly presented and tightly packed specimens of materials found in the natural and man-made world, to include horse hair and other fibres, samples of textiles, minerals, metals, insects, honey comb, spices, samples of woods, horn, shells etc, all with neatly applied typed labels, each tray numbered in order of stacking, 15cm high, 41 x 23cm

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Auction Date: 16th Sep 2025 at 10am

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Sale Dates:
Tue 16th Sep 2025 10am (Lots 1 to 367)