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IMPORTANT ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR PIETRA DURA BIRDS SPECiMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR PIETRA DURA BIRDS SPECiMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE

IMPORTANT ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR PIETRA DURA BIRDS SPECiMEN MARBLE CENTRE TABLE

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Circa 1830 fully restored, Flamed Mahogany centre table with stunning Pietra Dura Specimen Marble top

Category

Antique 1830s European William IV Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Vintage Boho Gilt Tipped Bird Sculpture
Vintage Boho Gilt Tipped Bird Sculpture

Vintage Boho Gilt Tipped Bird Sculpture

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Graceful yet commanding, this vintage gilt bird sculpture captures the moment of mid-flight with

Category

Mid-20th Century American Rustic Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

Located in Milan, IT

Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Linaria cannabina) Fanello Linaia cannabina

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.

Located in Milan, IT

Natural specimen from a cabinet of curiosities. Stuffed bird of pray (Circus Cyaneus Linnaeus, 1766

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Robin Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed Robin Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Sculpture Bird Wild Wading Curlew Bronze Stone Rock
Sculpture Bird Wild Wading Curlew Bronze Stone Rock

Sculpture Bird Wild Wading Curlew Bronze Stone Rock

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

A detachable and moveable metal sculpture of a wading bird, probably a curlew, with a long crooked

Category

20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a turnstone Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a turnstone Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a partridge, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a partridge, Italy 1880.

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Bunting, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Bunting, Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Pigeon, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Pigeon, Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Parakeet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Parakeet, Italy 1880.

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet: a Parakeet, Italy 1880.

Located in Milan, IT

Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Melopsittacus undulatus) Corrugated parakeet

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed House Sparrow bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Stuffed House Sparrow bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bullfinch Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Bullfinch, Italy 1880
Stuffed Bullfinch Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Bullfinch, Italy 1880

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, an house sparrow, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, an house sparrow, Italy 1880.

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a corn bunting, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a corn bunting, Italy 1880.

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

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a trush song, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, a trush song, Italy 1880.

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Surrealist Bird & Butterfly Jungle Scene in Illuminated Natural History Diorama
Surrealist Bird & Butterfly Jungle Scene in Illuminated Natural History Diorama

Surrealist Bird & Butterfly Jungle Scene in Illuminated Natural History Diorama

By Tennant New York

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The Flood, 2016, is an illuminated update on the traditional Victorian glass-cased diorama depicting a surreal jungle encounter between an upcycled vintage taxidermied tiny egret and...

Category

2010s American Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Brutalist Bronze and Amethyst Sculpture with Bird and Cactus
Mid Century Brutalist Bronze and Amethyst Sculpture with Bird and Cactus

Mid Century Brutalist Bronze and Amethyst Sculpture with Bird and Cactus

Located in Toronto, ON

, raw surface patina. Bird, textured brush and cactus motifs are abstracted in cast bronze on a center

Category

Vintage 1950s American Brutalist Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Bronze

Ex- Libris - Frohe Ostern - Etching - 1959

Ex- Libris - Frohe Ostern - Etching - 1959

Located in Roma, IT

. Good conditions.  The artwork represents two birds specimens, through preciseness and congruous B./W

Category

1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

5, French Nast Factory "Ornithological" Porcelain Dessert Plates C. 1815
5, French Nast Factory "Ornithological" Porcelain Dessert Plates C. 1815

5, French Nast Factory "Ornithological" Porcelain Dessert Plates C. 1815

Located in Atlanta, GA

Nast*, Paris, dating to the early 19th century. Each plate is finely painted with a unique exotic bird

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Nasiterna Pygmae
Nasiterna Pygmae

Nasiterna Pygmae

By John Gould

Located in Missouri, MO

died in 1841. When Charles Darwin presented his mammal and bird specimens collected during the second

Category

Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nasiterna Bruijni
Nasiterna Bruijni

Nasiterna Bruijni

By John Gould

Located in Missouri, MO

died in 1841. When Charles Darwin presented his mammal and bird specimens collected during the second

Category

1850s Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Prideaux John Selby and Robert Mitford,  4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Birds
Prideaux John Selby and Robert Mitford,  4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Birds

Prideaux John Selby and Robert Mitford, 4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Birds

By John Selby

Located in Morristown, NJ

landowner and artist who, as a boy, had studied the habits of birds and collected them as specimens

Category

Early 20th Century English George IV Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture
Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Stunning carved stone bird mounted on Quartz specimen. Carved from orange Calcite and trimmed in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture
Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Stunning carved stone bird mounted on Quartz specimen. Carved from orange Calcite and trimmed in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Taxidermy Paradise Shelduck in Flight (Tadorna variegata)
Taxidermy Paradise Shelduck in Flight (Tadorna variegata)

Taxidermy Paradise Shelduck in Flight (Tadorna variegata)

Located in New York, NY

by the IUCN, they are also seasonally hunted as game birds. This expertly preserved specimen

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Taxidermy

Materials

Feathers

Prideaux John Selby, England, Set of 4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Waterfowl
Prideaux John Selby, England, Set of 4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Waterfowl

Prideaux John Selby, England, Set of 4 Hand Colored Restrike Prints of Waterfowl

By John Selby

Located in Morristown, NJ

) was a British gentleman landowner and artist who, as a boy, had studied the habits of birds and

Category

Early 20th Century English George IV Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Coffee Pot
Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Coffee Pot

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Coffee Pot

By Richard Ginori

Located in Brescia, IT

specimens of birds. Manufactured in circa 1750, the piece has its time but it is in good conditions. A

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

An 1807 Large Hand-Finished Ornithological Study of a Northern Shrike
An 1807 Large Hand-Finished Ornithological Study of a Northern Shrike

An 1807 Large Hand-Finished Ornithological Study of a Northern Shrike

Located in Langweer, NL

his approach to ornithology, shifting the perspective from merely cataloging birds as specimens to

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculptures
Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculptures

Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculptures

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Three stunning carved stone birds mounted on Quartz specimens. The two orange parrots are carved

Category

20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal

Belgian pottery vase with cranes Catteau Boch Freres Enameled circa 1939
Belgian pottery vase with cranes Catteau Boch Freres Enameled circa 1939

Belgian pottery vase with cranes Catteau Boch Freres Enameled circa 1939

By Boch Freres Keramis

Located in New York City, NY

decors animaliers natural specimen, birds, animals, terracotta color, peach, orange, bone beige

Category

20th Century Belgian Art Deco Vases

Materials

Pottery

COPELAND, Antique Gilt Porcelain Ornithological Dessert Service, Circa 1851-95
COPELAND, Antique Gilt Porcelain Ornithological Dessert Service, Circa 1851-95

COPELAND, Antique Gilt Porcelain Ornithological Dessert Service, Circa 1851-95

By Copeland

Located in Chatham, ON

- each plate and comport hand painted with three different specimens of birds against leafy branches

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

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There is a range of bird specimen for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique bird specimen was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, animal skin and paper. There are 23 antique and vintage bird specimen for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Bird specimen have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Bird specimen are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian and Mid-Century Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many bird specimen are appealing in their simplicity, but Lisa A. Frank produced popular bird specimen that are worth a look.

How Much are Bird Specimen?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,594, while they’re typically $59 on the low end and $125,000 highest priced.