A COLLECTION OF THREE LARGE SEA SHELLS TOGETHER WITH A SMALLER OYSTER SHELL

two syrinx aruanus, one Charonia tritonis – Triton’s trumpet, the oyster shell with a depiction of Buddha inside,

47cm, 42cm, 39cm, 12.5cm wide (4)

Please note this lot is subject to VAT on the hammer price at 20%.

Provenance: Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London.

Wynd purchased from the Shell Collectors Club annual sale at Theydon Bois Village Hall many years ago.

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.