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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
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Antique 1830s European William IV Center Tables

Materials

Marble

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
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Mid-20th Century American Rustic Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Vintage Boho Gilt Tipped Bird Sculpture
Vintage Boho Gilt Tipped Bird Sculpture
H 12.75 in W 14 in D 10 in
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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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 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
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Red crossbill (Loxia Curvirostra) mounted on a
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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 green Bengal bird (Amandava formosa Latham), mounted on
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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 Great Spotted Red woodpecker (Dendrocopos major
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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 (Aythya marila) gray duck small plunger mounted on
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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

Vintage Boho Curtis Jere Bird in Nest Tree Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of whimsy and artistic flair to your decor with this vintage boho Curtis Jere 'Bird in
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood, 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

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
Located in Toronto, ON
, raw surface patina. Bird, textured brush and cactus motifs are abstracted in cast bronze on a center
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Vintage 1950s American Brutalist Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Bronze

1930s Cased Taxidermy Buzzard Bird of Prey Raptor Museum Cabinet Natural History
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A magnificent 1930s taxidermy specimen of a Common buzzard with outstretched wings in a large
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Natural Specimens

Materials

Slate

1940s Han Carved Water Buffalo Horn of Detailed Bird Sculpture on a Wood Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Vintage Carved Water Buffalo Horn Hand Carved and Detailed Sculpture of a Parrot / Bird on
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Vintage 1940s Unknown Natural Specimens

Materials

Horn

Ex- Libris - Frohe Ostern - Etching - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
. Good conditions.  The artwork represents two birds specimens, through preciseness and congruous B./W
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1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Stunning Birds of Paradise from Seligmann's Rare Birds Collection (1770-1773)
Located in Langweer, NL
or stuffed specimens, leading to many myths about these birds. It was believed they had no legs and
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Antique 1770s Prints

Materials

Paper

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
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

Turquoise-browed Motmot
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
texture of their feathers. He also composed his images to include a variety of bird specimens in a single
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19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

American Flamingo /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Litho
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
difficulties, the artist obtained a specimen of this bird and painted it in London in 1838. Flocks of flamingos
Category

1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Antique Pre-17th Century Extremely Rare & Complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
fruits. The egg of an Elephant Bird is a seldom seen specimen. Rarer still are examples with complete
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Taxidermy

Materials

Eggshell

Eared Grebe /// John James Audubon Ornithology Havell Edition Bird Animal Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
completion. Specimens of this bird were lent to Audubon by Lord Derby (Lord Stanley as he then was). Lord
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1830s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds which reached England in the
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1820s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
was able to examine specimens of Australian birds which reached England in the last twenty years of
Category

1820s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
By John Latham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of
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1820s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Set of Six Duck Prints by Von Wright, 1920
Located in Langweer, NL
in the 1820s, preparing bird specimens for Societas pro Flora et Fauna Fennica, Finland's oldest
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Vintage 1920s Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of Six Duck Prints by Von Wright, 1920
Set of Six Duck Prints by Von Wright, 1920
H 15.36 in W 11.42 in D 0 in
The Black Indian from George Edwards' A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743)
Located in Langweer, NL
depicted might be a species native to Europe or possibly an exotic bird drawn from live specimens in
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Antique 1740s Prints

Materials

Paper

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

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

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

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

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

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
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Antique Early 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

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

Leucippus Fallax (Buffy Hummingbird) — Original Hand-colored Lithograph
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
', containing finely painted illustrations of these tiny birds based upon the stuffed specimens in his
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1850s Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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
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Antique Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Two Goldfinches - Goldfinch, Feathers, Dome Frame, Birds, Nature, Vintage, Brass
Located in London, GB
. Her intricate drawings of artefacts and bird specimens, and her unique feather collages, are inspired
Category

2010s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Pair of Majolica Birds
Located in Glencarse, Perthshire
Large pair of Majolica birds with deep intense color and great presence.
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Antique 1880s European Sporting Art Natural Specimens

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Majolica Birds
Pair of Majolica Birds
H 32 in W 11 in D 20 in
Mid 20th Century Murano Italian Art Glass Bird Sculpture
By Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Arlington Heights, IL
This 50’s Italian Murano glass pheasant bird figurine is a colorful representation of Mid-Century
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

Projected Specimen - Bird
Located in Seoul, KR
About PROJECTED SPECIMEN Series … in Projected Specimen series (2014), Han positions multiple
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital

Matina Amanita Specimen # 5, Bird 'Gold'
By Matina Amanita
Located in Pakkret, TH
Specimen # 5: Bird is a part of Matina Amanita “Time Capsule” collection. Each of the seven
Category

2010s Contemporary Cocktail Rings

Materials

Quartz, Sapphire, Sterling Silver

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Bird Specimen For Sale on 1stDibs

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.