Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari A collector of second-hand fabric

A collector of second-hand fabric

the Palace of Westminster

Saville Road

CANCROMA COCHLEARIA

Figures 1-2 show the shell at life size

Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari A collector of second-hand fabricSpecimen of marble, here termed 'variegated limestone; or Tirie marble', with figures showing darker crystals and impurities. Tiree is the westernmost of the Inner Hebrides of Argyllshire in Scotland and is where this decorative stone was quarried. Plate 79 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that