A Good Pair of Dome Cased Preserved Acropora Coral Specimens c.1870 antiques Though he can neither stir

Though he can neither stir a plume

With many families reeling from the financial devastation of The Great Depression

Charles Benjamin Collett (10 September 1871 - 5 April 1952) was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from the time this poster was issued in 1922

now worn beautifully with age

A Good Pair of Dome Cased Preserved Acropora Coral Specimens c.1870 antiques Though he can neither stirOrigin: English with the Specimens Indo Pacific AtlanticPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1860 701: 9. 5 high x 9. 5 diameter2: 8 high x 9 diameterThe Victorian preserved coral displays, showing the twig like tubular appressed clustered Acropora coral specimens, the first example with a large central specimen with fan corals to the base, beneath an original compressed glass circular dome with rope twist border on circular ebonised