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Place of Origin: European
Late 20th Century Vintage Boho Drift Wood Sculpture
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho sculpture. A chic monumental piece of driftwood mounted on a steel plinth. A real showstopper. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Small Deer Antlers for Furniture Handles
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
They are the first small antlers of fawns, which are changed as they grow. I did'nt know what to write and describe in 1stdibs site, but they are natural, suitable as handles on fur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Antler
20th Century Vintage Italian Salvaggi Roma Bronze Borghese Gladiator Sculpture
Located in west palm beach, FL
A striking vintage Italian bronze sculpture. Made by the iconic Salvaggi foundry in Rome. A chic composition of the famous Borghese gladiator. Marked in the back. Acquired from a Pal...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Umbella (umbel)
By Robert Brendel
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Umbella (umbel)
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 190...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Spica (simple ear)
By Robert Brendel
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Spica (simple ear)
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
A marine specimen: pair of Marlin rostrum. Italy 1800.
Located in Milan, IT
An important pair from the Wunderkammer: two Marlin fish beaks turned to emulate the spiral shape of the Narwhal tooth.
The base is made of turned walnut, in the shape of a vase with...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
Signed Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful signed hand carved cameo on conch shell made in Italy, circa 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 5.5" W x 4.5" D x 3...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Large Natural British Dogtooth Calcite Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An outstanding large British natural dogtooth calcite specimen from Cheddar Gorge, Somerset UK. This native British specimen is a rare find. Formed ov...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Original Antique Deer Taxidermy 1902
By Black Forest
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique taxidermy from Germany. You're looking at an extremely rare example of original craftsmanship: A hunting trophy hand-carved and hand-painted from the early 20th century. Ca. ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone, Wood
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (142.9 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Contemporary Art TOTEM Clair De Lune Light Blue White N/Edit. by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited edition of 29 pieces.
From Primitive clay magma, by playing with shapes, Sottsass makes the “philosophy” of a state of mind visible and concrete: as if in the musical atmosph...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Silver Wire Mineral Specimen with Calcite Crystals – Kongsberg, Norway
Located in Edison, NJ
Native silver is among a handful of minerals that have been deemed inherently valuable by mankind since antiquity. In the world of mineral collecting, silver specimens and sulfosalts...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
The message that Mirabili intends to portay involves well-known artist and designers, selected for their particular gifts and their poetic world, lending an innovative and sensitive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain
A great antique hand-painted model of the grain with removable germ. Made of papier ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Gunmetal Hematite Crystal Mineral Specimen- England, UK
Located in Edison, NJ
Mankind has loved hematite for its sleek beauty and red undertones since its first discovery. It has been utilized as a reddening pigment by the ancient Egyptians, mined by the Etrus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Set of Five Vintage Italian Alabaster Grape Clusters with Wood Stems
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This set of Mid-century handcrafted alabaster grape clusters with wood stems transports one to the vineyards of Italy. Consisting of two large ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster
Continental Neoclassical Rock Crystal Obelisks on Rock Crystal Balls
Located in New York, NY
Continental neoclassical pair of rock crystal obelisks in hexagonal shape, each mounted on six bronze rods holding rock crystal balls and connecting to the hexagonal rock crystal bas...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
A glass ampulla with Pulvis eructanea, France 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Specimen from wunderkammer, a glass ampoule with turned fruitwood lid painted black and label on the front. The paper label reads: Pulvis eructanea. France circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood, Paper
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base with sea shell trim.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
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 Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
A glass ampulla with corallium sidere, France 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Specimen from wunderkammer, a glass ampoule with turned fruitwood lid painted black and label on the front. The paper label reads: Corallium Sidere and the number XXI. France circa 1870
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Jar, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris, Design: JOUANT
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Design: Jules Jouant (1863-1921)
Pitcher sign: Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris / Design: Jouant
Material: Silver plated
Biography
Auguste Jules Alphonse Jouant was born in Paris, Cité Fénelon, in the 9th arrondissement, on June 19, 18632, son of Étienne Alphonse Jouant, carpenter, and Louise Carré.
A student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris3, Jules Jouant was one of Auguste Rodin's practitioners. He exhibited the Bust of Prince Gedroyc at the Salon of 1883 and sculpted busts of musicians such as Richard Wagner, Frédéric Chopin or Ludwig van Beethoven. He obtained an honorable mention at the Salon of 1913.
Jules Jouant is renowned for his works of art (vases, dishes, lamp bases, pitchers, candlesticks, table bells, trinket bowls, etc.) typical of the Art Nouveau style, produced in pewter by the Barbedienne founders This link leads to a disambiguation page, Eugène Blot and Ettlinger Frères. He also collaborates with the workshops of the Daum brothers This link returns
He was appointed professor at the Ecole Boulle in Paris.
He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy (2nd division).
Public collections
-Museum of Art and History of Belfort
seaweed, pewter
The Holly, pewter
-Mignard, marble bust, Paris, Manufacture des Gobelins7. Plaster model preserved in Angers in the Maine-et-Loire prefecture8
-Léo Delibes, marble bust, National Opera of Paris9. Plaster model preserved in the town hall of Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
-Two bas-reliefs, stone...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Deconstructed Lobster (Homarus Gammarus) Specimen Under Glass Dome
Located in New York, NY
Deconstructed Lobster (Homarus Gammarus) Specimen Under Glass Dome.
The European lobster, scientifically referred to as Homarus gammarus or comm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Shell
A branch of a light blue mother of pores with shells, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen, with various examples of shells, is mounted on a column-shaped wooden base with gilded par...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Art Déco Sculpture by Darny .G , Archer
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
Great Art Déco sculpture archer by G .Darny
Nice patine « vert de bronze »
Sculpture is signed on marble top
The archer is very sculptural and muscled with a nice finition of details
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite (5.5 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Natural White Coral Mounted on Black Wood Pedestal
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural white and red coral branches mounted on Black pedestal base.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (1.15 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Barite with Sulfur from Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland
Located in New York, NY
From Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland
Diverging sprays of transparent, golden barite crystals on matrix with yellow iron. The barite crystals are elongated, prismatic crystals with g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal
A natural specimen of fish, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of Gattuccio (Scyllum Catulus), preserved in formaldehyde and sealed on cylindric shape glass vase. Italiy early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (450 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (95.7 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Dolomite from Asturreta Quarry, Eugui District, Navarra Province, Spain
Located in New York, NY
From Asturreta Quarry, Eugui District, Navarra Province, Spain
Transparent colorless dolomite crystals with glassy crystal surfaces on matrix. Dolomite is part of the carbonate clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
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 over a guild-plated wooden bases with leaves decoration on a shape of a vase. Italy l...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Yellow Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain
Located in New York, NY
From Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, SpainAesthetic penetrating cubic formation of transparent to translucent golden yellow fluorite crystals on matrix. The unique crysta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (385 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (303.7 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Large Amber Stone Beautiful Gemstone
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Beautiful rough stone with beautiful colors. Natural amber beautiful to process as jewelry.
The weight of this stone is 86 grams.
Category
1960s Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Marble Ball On Stand
Located in Tampa, FL
A turn of the century, Italian marble ball on a small black wooden base. The marble is polished and it is in great condition.
Category
Early 1900s Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
An iron vase full of shells, France circa 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
An iron cast square vase with an iron base, with relief decorative elements, over which is a connecting element. Overall the iron rods that describe a vase silouette. The basket is f...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Bulgari, Silver Mounted Amethyst Geode Quartz
By Bulgari
Located in Montreal, QC
Bvlgari, silver mounted amethyst geode quartz
sterling silver, maker's stamp on exterior
Category
1960s Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Yellow Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain (1.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, SpainAesthetic penetrating cubic formation of transparent to translucent golden yellow fluorite crystals on matrix. This specimen off...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Small Murano Glass Sweet Pepper Fruit of 'A Canne' Glass
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Small Murano Glass Sweet Pepper Fruit of 'A Canne' Glass
A nice Murano parika fruit made of multicoloured a canne glass.
artfour is an owner-managed trading company dealing with fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Deconstructed Spiny Spider Crab (Maja Brachydactyla) Specimen Under Glass Case
Located in New York, NY
Deconstructed Spiny Spider Crab (Maja Brachydactyla) Specimen Under Custom Glass Case.
Maja brachydactyla belongs to the Majidae family and is a type of crab. Initially considered a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Pyrite with Sphalerite from Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Located in New York, NY
From Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria Sculptural formation of lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals with Sphalerite. The pyrite crystals are cubic form with pyritohedra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
20th Century Albino Turtle Shell
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th century Shell of an albino turtle.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Marine turtle
Pyrite on Hematite From Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Classic old-European specimen with a lustrous combination of well defined pyritohedral crystal cluster of Italian pyrite on hematite matrix. This undamaged specimen has fully termina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
Midcentury Hollywood Regency Blue Stone / Agate Table Grapes with Silver Leaves
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely set of mid-century Italian blue stone table grapes. The leaves are silver, and the set is in very good condition. They most. Likely d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency European Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Silver
A nautilus Belauensis, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer Specimen: a little Nautilus Belauensis. the Specimen is mounted over a wooden painted base. Italy circa 1880. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slab (7.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A stunning piece of natural history, this meteorite is a natural Muonionalusta Meteorite with one side sliced & polished which boasts its beautiful, metallic Widmanstätten pattern. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
17th Century Italian Gilt Candlestick with Chalcopyrite and Gold-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 17th century Italian gilt candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with gold-plated kyanite.
This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a church in It...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf, Metal
Genuine Large Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (12 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Italian Wood Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood sculpture by the student in scuola di belle arti in Venice
a public academy of art in Venice.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
1950s Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell of Mens' Faces
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell of Mens' Faces.
Category
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Vintage Coastal French After Maison Jansen Brass Palm
By Maison Jansen
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning vintage Brass table top palm tree. Imported from Paris by the Maison Jansen group. A great way to add a flash of glamour to any space. P...
Category
Late 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Calcite from Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, NamibiaTop quality specimen of translucent, colorless rhombic calcite crystals in a stacked formation. The calcite crystals show ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Large Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (14.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Yellow Fluorite with Quartz from Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spa
Located in New York, NY
From Moscona Mine, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain.
Very aesthetic cluster of yellow crystals of cubic fluorite with a colorless calcite crystal perched on the top edge and drus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
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