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A natural specimen of fish, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of Gattuccio (Scyllum Catulus), preserved in formaldehyde and sealed on
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass

Natural Specimen, the Iguana Skeleton, Italy 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of an iguana skeleton from the Wunderkammer The specimen is twisted into a
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone, String

Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen sculpture, or
Category

15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
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15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric Antique Natural Specimens

Agate Geode Brown and White Natural Specimen Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial white and brown agate geode natural specimen sculpture piece. Piece
Category

Early 20th Century Organic Modern Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Onyx, Marble, Agate

Natural Specimen, a Trophy of a Bufalo Skull, Africa 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of a trophy of an African bufalo skull with horns for Wunderkammer, bufalo Cafro
Category

Late 19th Century Sub-Saharan African Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone, Horn

Natural Specimen: a Big Rock Crystal, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A big rock crystal mounted over a carved wooden base gold gilt with
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1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Natural Specimen a Druse with Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse with amethyst, mica and desert rose crystals, mounted over a
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1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Crystal

Natural Specimen: Cubic Pyrite and Fluorite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A fluorite crystals and cubic pyrite cristals mounted over a guild
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Natural Specimen Desert Rose and Red Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A desert rose crystals and red crystals mounted over a wooden gilded
Category

1870s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

Natural Specimen Amethyst and Calcite Flowers Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. amethyst and calcite flowers crystals druse, mounted over guild
Category

1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Crystal

Natural Specimen a Group of Amethyst Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse of amethyst and quartz crystals, mounted over a wooden base on
Category

1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst

Natural Specimen Amethyst and Calcite Flowers Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druze of Amethyst, colacite stones and calcite flowers crystals
Category

1870s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Amethyst

Natural Specimen a Pair of Druzes with Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A natural mineral specimen for Wunderkammer. A pair of Apophyllite and white quartz druzes, mounted
Category

1870s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal

Natural Specimen: Apophilite, Quartz and Calcite Flowers Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse of apophilite, quartz, colacite and calcite flowers crystals
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

Natural specimen: a pair of quartz and vanadinite crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A pair of Vanadinite and quartz crystals mounted over carved gold
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Natural Specimen: Pair of Red Quartz and Apophilite Crystals, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A pair of red quartz, rock crystals and Apophilite druzes, mounted
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Natural Specimen a Pair of Scolecite and Apophilite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A pair of compositions of Scolecite and Apophilite crystals, mounted
Category

1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

A wunderkammer marine natural specimen, the Melo melo shell. Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
The base is made out of rosewood. The shell, Melo Melo, (Family Volutidae) is mounted with reef and small shells. Italy last part of 19th century.
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood

Natural specimen: children verme, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
An example of natural specimen of Ascaris Lumbricoides. Children verme, preserved in formaldehyde
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Streptopelia turtur) Dove on a wooden base with
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Regulus regulus) Regolo. Set on a wooden base with
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Anas querquedula) Garganey mounted on a wooden
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Cyanistes caeruleus) Blue tit on a wooden base
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Sandpiper (Tringa subarcuata) mounted on a wooden
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Robin Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Erithacus rubecula) Robin on a wooden base with
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Red crossbill (Loxia Curvirostra) mounted on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Perdix Rufa) Red Partridge mounted on a wooden
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Sturnus vulgaris) European starling mounted on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Linaria cannabina) Fanello Linaia cannabina
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Eastern Blue bird (Sialia sialis) mounted on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed green Bengal bird (Amandava formosa Latham), mounted on
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bullfinch Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Bullfinch, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Bullfinch on a wooden base with
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a turnstone Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Arenaria Interpres) Turnstone, mounted on a wooden
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a partridge, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Perdix perdix) Partridge mounted on a wooden base
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Bunting, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Emberiza calandra) Bunting mounted on a wooden
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Aythya marila) gray duck small plunger mounted on
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood, Paper

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Great Spotted Red woodpecker (Dendrocopos major
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Paper, Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood

A specimen from Wunderkammer: the tail of a barracuda fish. Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
natural specimen intended to be suspended, consists of the tail of a barracuda (sphyraena barracuda). This
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Stuffed Green Sandpiper bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus) mounted on a
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Pigeon, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Common pigeon (Columba livia) mounted on a wooden
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Parakeet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Melopsittacus undulatus) Corrugated parakeet
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed House Sparrow bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow mounted on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Marsh Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Emberiza schoeniclus) Migliarino of marsh mounted
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, an house sparrow, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow on a wooden base
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow mounted on a
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper, Feathers, Animal Skin

Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus) mounted on a
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a corn bunting, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Corn Bunting (Emberiza Calandra) mounted on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a trush song, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird thrush song (Turdus philomelos) mounted on a wooden
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Pair of Pogona Reptiles for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer. A pair of taxidermy stuffed Pogona Vitticeps reptils, mounted
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Pine

Stuffed bird: (Tichodroma muraria), for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural Specimen from Wunderkammer stuffed bird (Tichodroma muraria) Wallcreeper on a fruitwood
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood, Paper

Stuffed bird: (Melopsittacus undulatus) for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural Specimen from Wunderkammer stuffed bird (Melopsittacus undulatus) Corrugated Parakeet on a
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood, Paper

Large Natural Chalcedony Plate Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large natural Chalcedony plate specimen originating from Madagascar. Chalcedony, from the Latin
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Natural Fiber

Large Natural Chalcedony Plate Specimen
Large Natural Chalcedony Plate Specimen
H 15.36 in W 8.67 in D 3.55 in
Natural Lapis Lazuli Plate Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A natural Lapis lazuli specimen of a plate-like form. Also known as lazurite, this raw mineral
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Natural Fiber

Natural Lapis Lazuli Plate Specimen
Natural Lapis Lazuli Plate Specimen
H 10.63 in W 7.49 in D 1.58 in
Natural Ammonite Death Bed Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A natural ammonite death bed mounted on a wooden and steel stand, originating from Schlaifhausen
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15th Century and Earlier German Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Natural Fiber

Natural Ammonite Death Bed Specimen
Natural Ammonite Death Bed Specimen
H 9.85 in W 16.93 in D 3.75 in
Smoky Quartz Sphere Mineral Specimen – Minas Gerais, Brazil
Located in Edison, NJ
the world of jewelry, in natural specimens, they can create magical illusions like in this piece. The
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15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Natural Chrysocolla Malachite Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large scale natural chrysocolla malachite specimen originating from Congo. A rare find, some of
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite, Steel

Natural Chrysocolla Malachite Specimen
Natural Chrysocolla Malachite Specimen
H 20.87 in W 9.85 in D 7.88 in
A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
base of a large diorama with natural specimens of multicolored butterflies, mounted in a rectangular
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

Opalised Iridescent Ammonite Fossil
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
naturally formed jigsaw patterning. An age-old historical artefact, this ammonite is a superb natural
Category

15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Opalised Iridescent Ammonite Fossil
Opalised Iridescent Ammonite Fossil
H 9.85 in W 8.86 in D 6.7 in
Natural Pink Botryoidal Smithsonite Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
To find a natural smithsonite specimen of this size and vibrant pink-lavender colour is a very rare
Category

15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal

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