. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 37 75 Opal in the Matrix from C^?n«;,4/^?, a curious Iron Ore, another- â (Tfl/oKm/from Sicunnark, and a cryftallized. vitriolic Rock Salt, from J/««»af;y ('^'fiyo'ir'^iypy^-'''^ 31)'^ A group of curious flat eight-fided Spars, from the JXrrte, and a fpecimen of â- '^^ col
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. 37 75 Opal in the Matrix from C^?n«;,4/^?, a curious Iron Ore, another- â (Tfl/oKm/from Sicunnark, and a cryftallized. vitriolic Rock Salt, from J/««»af;y ('^'fiyo'ir'^iypy^-'''^ 31)'^ A group of curious flat eight-fided Spars, from the JXrrte, and a fpecimen of â- '^^ coloured WolfFram, with Mica from Bohemiaâ'both rare 3777 A large polidied flab of Agate with Cryftal, very rich in native Silver, / / rarvy 37Si A. line fpecimen of filamentofe native Gold, on Quartz Cryftals from Hutigary â <^ CCt^ 37^^ A very curious fpecimen, of Iron Ore, in a latticed form, ixovc\. Sayiif^rare \j /x, 37^7 A large and fine Oculus Mundi, a ftone of the. opal kind naturally opake, but. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, Duchess of, 1714-1785; Lightfoot, John, 1735-1788; Dance, S. Peter, associated name. DSI; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E. , 1937- , donor. DSI; Skinner and Company. [London : s. n. ]
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