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A LARGE ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN SEA SNAIL SHELL INSCRIBED WITH THE LORD'S PRAYER
Second half 19th century
The shell largely pearlised, incised to one side with the Lord's Prayer in a cartouche and inscribed 'A Colonial Present / Shell found in Torres Straits and engraved in the Colony'
8cm high, 14cm wide and deep
Sold for $1,300
Lot 46
Second half 19th century
The shell largely pearlised, incised to one side with the Lord's Prayer in a cartouche and inscribed 'A Colonial Present / Shell found in Torres Straits and engraved in the Colony'
8cm high, 14cm wide and deep
Estimate $600 - $900
Mossgreen Auctions, The Denis Joachim Collection, Part II, Melbourne, 28 June 2017, lot 274, purchased by Terence Lane
The Terence Lane Collection, Part I
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8814
11:00am - 3 May 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Viewing in Carlton by appointment only. Lots 241 - 277 viewing in Hawthorn by appointment only. Bookings via decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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