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Finch & Co
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Victorian Petrified Basket of Rose Blossoms laid on a bed of moss and twigs
( English
1800 to 1900
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Medium
Petrified Basket
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Provenance
See: Finch and Co catalogue no. 8, item no. 8, and catalogue no. 5, item no. 19, for other examples of pretrification.
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Literature:
These objects were created in the Royal Victorian petrifying wells of Matlock Bath in Derbyshire as souvenirs. A calcareous deposit is formed by drops of water filtering through tufa from the roof of the well, which over time assumes the hardness of stone changing the object upon which the deposit falls into a curious ‘fossil’.
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Description / Expertise
A Curious Victorian Petrified Basket of Rose Blossoms laid on a bed of moss and twigs
19th Century
Size: 13cm high – 5 ins high
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