Fossil
28 July 2019
Description

2 1/2"x 4" - perfect scorpion-like image

Provenance

Gift from a collector

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Maybe
Answered within about 13 hours
By Klaus
Jul 29, 12:06 UTC
The specialist needs more information

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a modern forgery in the shape of a fossilized scorpion. This is either a moroccan or chinese forgery, partly cast and painted plaster or resin. You can see the opened air bubbles from the cast. It is a decorative piece and the collector might not have realized that it is a forgery. Unfortunately fakes of no value at all.

Owen dorsey Jul 29, 12:21 UTC

Thank you. You have confirmed my personal eval.
I appreciate the timeliness & the well-stated report.

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