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Loca Miraculi_room 1_wood cabinet with deer and birds
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Loca Miraculi_room 1_wood cabinet with minerals shells

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Loca Miraculi, Gallery Two: Ceramica

dimensions variable
2008-2013
fabricated wood cabinets, antique ceramics, mixed media

Beginning in the 17th century, discoveries of fossilized plants and animals along Britain's coasts captivated collectors. Fossilizers such as Mary Annen added major specimens to natural history collections.

Here you see two teapots glazed to look like they are covered with fossils. The drawer under the teapots shows examples of actual fossils pictured on the teapots, as well as images taken from John Hill's A General Natural History, published in 1748.

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