Lot 618
Ammonite Sculpture, Ammonites were cephalopods that looked liked a squid in a spiral shaped shell. This esthetic 14.5 x 7.5 inch sculpture features two 100 million year old golden brown ammonites, Phylloceras from Sidi Yahya Said, Morocco positioned atop a 8 inch long base containing a large Turitella snail shell. The large Phylloceras ammonite is very large 10 inches in diameter, and beautiful with colors blending from cream to golden brown, and inner chambers looking like the inside of a geode with tiny brown calcite crystals. The smaller 4.5 inch ammonite has colors blending from cream to orange to light grey. The walls of some of the chambers called Septa have dissolved away leaving the squiggly pattern of the sutures which strengthened the ammonites shell when it was alive. The back side of each ammonite is solid and clearly shows the colorful golden brown suture lines. Photos do not do justice to this exquisitely colorful and ornate ammonite sculpture which has both natural and esthetic beauty.
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Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000
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| Realized $1,320 |
