A Fine Pair of Early 20thC Giant Clam Shells sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage as is the whole

as is the whole

applied with four bronze lizards to the facetted sides and a crab to the rimmed cover

beginning in Asia about 750 A

The heavy quality glazed five sided display cabinet with panelled & mirrored rear door under a moulded cornice

with a wonderful aged patination

A Fine Pair of Early 20thC Giant Clam Shells sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage as is the wholeOrigin: South Pacific Indian Ocean Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 30 As a Pair: 24 wide x 14 high x 15deep The complete, true pair, of preserved giant clam (Tridacna gigas) shells, of medium size, surviving from the south pacific or Indian oceans from the first half of the twentieth century. The shells are still beautiful and the wholes are largely in tact and their condition would be described as good. Each shell