A scarce, large bezoar stone, displayed beneath an antique g...

A scarce, large bezoar stone, displayed beneath an antique glass dome on a silver-mounted ebonised wooden base 19th century or earlier, the mount probably later A scarce, large bezoar stone of rounded form, displayed upon a continental silver pedestal with a shaped spreading foot, the whole raised on an ebonised wooden base and enclosed beneath a clear glass dome on stepped ceramic base, the bezoar 19th century or earlier, 7.5cm diameter, 48 grams, 23cm high overall Bezoars are concretions formed within the digestive tract of certain animals, they were highly prized from the medieval period onwards and were long believed to possess powerful medicinal and antidotal properties, particularly against poison. Their rarity and supposed virtues led to their inclusion in princely collections, cabinets of curiosity and apothecaries’ assemblages throughout Europe in Renaissance, Baroque and later Kunstkammer collections

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