Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

20 19 A GILT METAL ‘BEE SKEP’ JEWELLERY SEWING BOX, 19TH CENTURY of naturalistic form, with rope twist loop handle, the but- ton to open lid modelled as a bee, the body with two sardonyx stone set applied honey bees and a honey bee catch, supported on naturalistic branch frame, stamped ‘Howell James & Co., Regent St. London’ . 23.5cm high € 500 - 700 20 A GIANT HALF CLAM SHELL, (TRIDACNA GIGAS) a fine natural history specimen, 81cm wide € 1,000 - 1,500 21 AN INDO-PACIFIC OCEAN CLAMSHELL (Tridacna Gigis) 51cm wide € 200 - 400