Artwork : ArchiveNo00127

Bird's Egg c.1950


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Artefact

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Contributor

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Contributor Name Cumberland House
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Profession

Location Southsea
Collection Date 02.06.08 1.49pm
Artefact Name Bird's Egg
Artefact Description Small egg – approximately 2cm in height.
The egg was in very poor condition when it was found - it had been crushed and broken into pieces. Light grey with brown speckles. Pre–1952 as it was illegal to collect wild bird’s eggs after this date.
Artefact Date c.1950
Artefact Stored Stores at Cumberland House
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Sample Taken Pieces of egg shell
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History of Artefact Found by Natural History Officer, Claire Sturman, when she was tidying the stores on 11th January 2008. There was no information attached.
Historian Claire Sturman
Previous Owners Unknown
Special Memories ‘They were found in a Tesco Value egg box! Quite ironic really.’ Claire Sturman - Historian
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