A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Antiques or possibly a court cupboard

or possibly a court cupboard

whose family ran a tea shop in Ely

the chocolate coloured stained drawers with knob handles and hand written labels

The use of bright flowers in the design

intended to be used as a philosopher's stone

A Rare Preserved Natural History Specimen of a Hermit Crab & Sea Anemone, Prepared by T Gerrard & Co Ltd sub-Antiques or possibly a court cupboardOrigin: 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