A Decorative Early 20thC Mounted Natural History Specimen of a Starfish

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A Decorative Early 20thC Mounted Natural History Specimen of a StarfishOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 1920 Height: 18 inches Depth: 2. 5 inches Width: 8. 5 inches (all at maximum) Rod mounted on an ebonised circular plinth stand the dried starfish having five rays radiating from the central disc. In good order, there are no flaws to report other than light general wear commensurate with age mainly to the stand. There is some very light looseness to the rod. There are

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and the handles now nice and tactile

but we can make out ‘SSO’ which leads us to believe this flag belonged to the Ship Security Officer of a particular vessel

Having a brass beveled edge and suspension hoop

the multi joined acrobat spinning on a central peg axis

although costumes taken from literature such as Shakespeare

Some of its well-known publications are the Philip International Atlas and A Philip Management Planning Atlas

Interest in RMS Titanic has always been strong but with the arrival of the one hundredth anniversary on the horizon

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there is some foxing to the glass

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some banded or scalloped