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British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914
Lot 358 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914

Five eggs collected on the Terra Nova expedition

Closed27 September 2007

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GBP 812

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British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914
Five eggs collected on the Terra Nova expedition
comprising: 'KING PENGUIN APTENOYTES PATAGONICA'; [Chinstrap Penguin] 'PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA. S. GEORGIA.'; 'ROCKY PENGUIN'; 'PENGIN'S EGG'; and 'Albatross WANDERING ALBATROSS (DIOMEDIA EXULANS)'
5½in. (13.9cm.) long and smaller
together with two whale teeth (7)

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Lord Mountevans (1880-1957), according to a note accompanying the lot.