Venus's flower basket shipping Industry near the Bank

near the Bank

'Rajmahal Hills from Above'

A horse and carriage stands in the street

with Britannia held safely on his knee

interior scene showing a group of men and woman playing a game of cards

Venus's flower basket shipping Industry near the BankStudy of the sponge Euplectella aspergillum, known as Venus's flower basket. The sponge became a novelty and a wedding gift in Victorian England since it was frequently home to a pairing of male and female shrimps. Plate from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules, by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is not inscribed. William Chimmo (1828 1891) Royal Navy