A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios The military themed watercolour of

The military themed watercolour of small proportions

The box is marked ‘Made by J

with clearly ringed and twisted black horns mounted on a shield and ready to hang

Engraved by Henry Landseer depicts the fore arm

An extract of this plant was used medicinally as a cathartic or laxative and as a treatment for dropsy

A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Curios The military themed watercolour ofOrigin: 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