A Mixed Collection of 20thC Preserved Crab Specimens reserved The current Exeter prison was

The current Exeter prison was built in 1853

and there is evidence that spinning wheels had already come into use in both China and the Islamic world during the eleventh century

The condition of the plaque is as you would expect of a piece that is over a century and a half old with a smattering of small losses and chips and a very evocative wear to the typeface which has been polished back to its original surface in many areas

Eye candy for the discerning natural historian

A Mixed Collection of 20thC Preserved Crab Specimens reserved The current Exeter prison wasOrigin: VariousPeriod: Mid Late 20thCProvenance: The Collection of the late William Owen (1907 1996)Date: c. 1970 80Various Sizes from: Largest: 8 w x 7 d x 3. 5 highSmallest: 1. 5 w x 1. 5 d x 0. 5 hThe mixed collection of preserved crab specimens, totalling seventeen and including babies, some of large size and wonderfully decorative, originating from mainly Florida, Brazil and the Netherlands, and surviving from the late estate of William Owen