Very Large 10.25 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Very Large 10.25 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old This unusually large example has rich-brown...
Stone
Starfish Fossil, Two Starfish Entwined in Matrix, 443 to 485 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Starfish Fossil, Two Starfish Entwined in Matrix, 443 to 485 Million Years Old. Ordovician Period This is a compelling starfish fossil specimen; we don't typically see two starfish e...
Shell, Organic Material
Ginkgo Biloba Fossil Leaf, 270 Years Old Mounted on a Custom Acrylic Stand
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
Name: Ginkgo Leaves Origin: Wyoming, USA Period: Permian 270 million years The Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba), considered a living fossil, first appeared in the Permian period 270 ...
Acrylic
Amazing Pair of 180 Million Year Old Pretrified Fossil Wood Bookends Door Stops
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of 180+ Million year old petrified fossil wood lumps to be used as bookends door stops or decoration I have five pairs of these...
Wood
Rare Pair of 180 Million Year Old Pretrified Fossil Wood Bookends Door Stops
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of 180+ Million year old petrified fossil wood lumps to be used as bookends door stops or decoration They are all used, they ha...
Wood
Sublime Pair of 180 Million Year Old Pretrified Fossil Wood Bookends Door Stops
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of 180+ Million year old petrified fossil wood lumps to be used as bookends door stops or decoration They are all used, they ha...
Wood, Petrified Wood
A Modern Glass Sculpture Attributed to Dorothe van Driel
By Dorothé van Driel
Located in Astoria, NY
A modern multilayered thick glass organic or fossil like sculpture on a bronzed metal base attributed to Dorothe van Driel.
Metal
Very Large Pair of 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Art Statues Fossil
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395 million year old Fossilized Orthoceras statues Orthoceras ("straight horn") is a genus of extinc...
Limestone
Big Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
By William Sweetlove
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
What do I consider a fossil in art? I make sculptures in plastic, resin, polyurethane; all of these are synthetic products made from petroleum, itself a natural, organic fossil.
Resin
Cloned red Elephant with Waterpacks
By William Sweetlove
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
What do I consider a fossil in art? I make sculptures in plastic, resin, polyurethane; all of these are synthetic products made from petroleum, itself a natural, organic fossil.
Polyurethane
Cloned black Elephant with Waterpacks
By William Sweetlove
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
What do I consider a fossil in art? I make sculptures in plastic, resin, polyurethane; all of these are synthetic products made from petroleum, itself a natural, organic fossil.
Polyurethane
Sold|$2,360
Chicken on rock.
By William Sweetlove
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
What do I consider a fossil in art? I make sculptures in plastic, resin, polyurethane; all of these are synthetic products made from petroleum, itself a natural, organic fossil.
Resin
Barbro Åberg Fossil Fantasy Standing Sculpture, Denmark, 2017
By Barbro Åberg
Located in New York, NY
Åberg's works, made largely in black and white, are often purely sculptural, even playfully non-utilitarian. Rough surfaces inspired by geology are set in contrast to a refined elega...
Ceramic
Sold|$220
Fossil Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
Reproduction shell fossil sculptures. Mounted on a stand. Measurements are for the larger sculpture.
Stone
50 Million Year Old Eocene Era Fossil Fish Movable Stone Sculpture, from Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
This fossil sculpture features two Diplomystus dentatus and one Knightia eocaena, all of which are Eocene era fossils dating back about 50 million years.
Limestone, Steel
Sold|$350
Fossil embedded Granite Sculpture;
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fossil embedded granite
Granite
Glass Sculpture, Cast from 50 Million Year Old Eocene Era Fossil Fish Gar
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Green River Stone Company collaborated with glass artist Jermey Sinkus to create this incredible sculpture. This piece of art began with a natural fossil gar (Atractosteus simplex), ...
Granite
Sold|$15,400
Fossil Waters 3
By Tyler Aiello
Located in Jackson, WY
Tyler Aiello continues his exploration of the world of the microscopic with this new sculpture, inspired by a falling raindrop. The piece is hand cut circles of steel that have been...
Steel
Sold|$3,000
Large Fossil
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A ancient decorative fossil from Russia.
Sold|$450
Trilobite Fossil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paradoxides Trilobite Fossil from Sahara Desert, Morocco.
Sold|$950
Fossil Matrix
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clam fossil in matrix on a custom stand
Stone
Multicoloured Petrified Wood Fossil
Located in London, GB
This beautiful, vibrant cross section of petrified wood originates from Turkey. Its magnificent colours were created by waters rich in blue azurite, turquoise-green malachite and cop...
Other Medium
Extraordinary Giant Iridescent Ammonite Fossil
Located in London, GB
A magnificent example of one of the most spectacular fossils. A large and intensely vibrant ammonite, Placenticeras costatum, from the Bearpaw formation, Alberta, Canada. Dating to t...
Other Medium
Huge Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fossil
Located in London, GB
The tooth of an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, dating to the Late Cretaceous, approximately 67 million years ago. A large, beautifully preserved maxillary tooth, with magnificent mottled ...
Other Medium
Sold|$1,800
Fish Fossil Specimen
Located in Southampton, NY
An exquisite example of fossilized stone on iron armature and fossilized stone base.
Stone, Metal
Pair of Petrified Tree Fossils
Located in Miami, FL
These two fossilized elements have a high-polish finish. They can be used as art pieces or bases for sidetables. Very rare to find in this quality and size.
Sold|$3,446
An Ammonite Fossil
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A beautiful Ammonite Fossil, this extinct invertebrates marine animal lived 160 million years ago, beautiful patina and shine of the stone, beautiful array of colors, very decorative...
Sandstone
Sold|$1,250
Shell Fossil Matrix on Custom Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
An amazing and large matrix of fossilized clam shells mounted on a custom polished steel stand.
Steel
Sold|$1,250
Large Shell Fossil Matrix on Steel Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large fossil matrix on later custom steel stand
Steel
Sold|$3,375
Plate with Fossil Ferns
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A large fossil Fern plate, Alethopteris,a prehistoric plant genus of fossil seed ferns, Pennsylvania,St Clair, Carboon, 300 million years ago, very decorative object with fern parts ...
Stone
Trio of rare iridescent fossil ammonite - sterling silver mounts
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A trio of rare iridescent genuine fossil ammonites over 40 million years old, beautifully mounted in sterling silver. Custom made bases in reclaimed solid Southeast Asian rosewood, A...
Sterling Silver
Swedish Fossil Shell Marble Obelisks, circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very nicely proportioned obelisks made of marble with fossil shells in a grey and brick red marble with flecks of white. I see this marble used for the tops of Swedish antique furn...
Marble
Sold|$985
Cluster of six Starfish Fossils
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A set of 6 fossilized starfish of different sizes - a equitiste collection to display on a table - wall-mounted or incased.
Decorative Shark Tooth Fossil in Matrix
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic example of shark's tooth fossil, with multiple teeth fossilised in the matrix in which it was found. Sharks continually shed their teeth, and some sharks can ...
Other
Polished Orthoceras Fossil Mounted on Chrome Base
Located in Suffolk, GB
A polished Orthoceras fossil mounted on chrome base from Morocco and dating 400+ million years ago. The word Orthoceras means 'straight horn' which refers to the long, straight an...
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with Skull Piece 'Bison Priscus'
Located in Groningen, NL
Fossil Steppe Bison horn with skull piece (Bison Priscus) A fosile of a Steppe Bison Horn, Bison Priscus. The Bison Priscus lived in the Pleistocene between 250.000 and 10.000 year...
Horn
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with Skull Piece 'Bison Priscus'
Located in Groningen, NL
Fossil Steppe Bison Horn with skull piece (Bison Priscus) A fosile of a Steppe Bison Horn, Bison Priscus. The Bison Priscus lived in the Pleistocene between 10.000 and 250.000 year...
Horn
Sold|$5,800
Borghese Gladiator Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Essex, MA
A fine quality 19th century bronze Grand Tour sculpture after the 'Borghese Galdiator', depicting a well modeled swordsman lurching forward with arm extended, on a fine fossil marble...
Marble, Bronze
Sold|$5,000
Flora 014B
By Gabriela Noelle
Located in Miami, FL
The Flora sculptures are part of the Fossils series. Oversized acrylic flower sculptures are combined with repurposed painted concrete rubble from demolished buildings, allowing the ...
Concrete
Sold|$4,000
Flora 037B
By Gabriela Noelle
Located in Miami, FL
The flora sculptures are part of the Fossils series. Oversized acrylic flower sculptures are combined with repurposed painted concrete rubble from demolished buildings, allowing the ...
Concrete
Sold|$985
Large Entire Trilobite Fossil
Located in Bournemouth, GB
Large entire Trilobite Fossil, complete with its mirror image.
Extremely Large Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil
Located in London, GB
This exceedingly large and beautifully preserved serrated tooth would have once lined the mouth of a big Megalodon shark. The mightiest and most terrifying marine predator of all ti...
Other Medium
Sold|$550
Giant Trilobite Fossil
Located in Vancouver, BC
Giant trilobite fossil with stand.
Sold|$5,500
Large Ammonite Fossil
Located in Richmond, VA
Large ammonite fossil, found on Coastal Sahara Desert in Morocco. This is the result of concretion of the shell of a sea-dwelling creature that lived over 64 million years ago. Their...
Shell
Sold|$1,448
Block of Ammonites Fossils
Located in Funchal, PT
Block of different Ammonites mounted on a base.
Stone
Sold|$2,000
Large Ammonite Fossil on Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful ammonite fossil supported by a metal stand with four feet. This natural geometric form makes a wonderful sculptural accent. Ammonites are one of the best-known fossils, wit...
Granite
Sold|$1,200
Contemporary Display of Nautilus Fossil
Located in Stamford, CT
Large Nautilus fossil mounted on Lucite base.
Stone
18th Century Italian Fragment on Fossil Coral Agate Base
By Interi
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century Italian painted fragment on a fossil coral agate base with ammonite and phantom quartz crystal points. As Florida’s state stone, agatized coral began as living coral ree...
Agate, Coral, Crystal, Quartz
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century important Italian gold leaf fragment with fossil agate coral on a lucite base. Florida’s state stone, agatized coral, began as living coral reef 40 million years ago in ...
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Pair of Vintage 1970s Italian Mounted Fossil Objects
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of incredible vintage 1970s Italian fossil objects mounted on wood blocks. Beautiful in a bookcase, on a chest of drawers or on a coffee table.
Small Ammonite Fossil, circa 190 Million Years Old
Located in Raalte, NL
Small ammonite fossil approximately 190 million years old and mounted on a black marble base, probably found in France. The measurements are, Depth 9 cm/ 3.5 inch. Width 17.5 cm...
Goniatite Moroccan Stone Fossil with Sea Shells on Stand
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Goniatite Moroccan Stone Fossil with Sea Shells on Stand. Ammonites Size: 10.5"W x 7.5"H x 1"D On stand: 11"H x 5.5"D.
Stone
Decorated Bleached Fossil Turtle Shell on Base or Art Accessory
By Interi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fossil bleached turtle shell on a fossil fish base Diplomystus of the green river formation eocene age - 50 million years, Wyoming decorated with fossil shells and coral.
Coral
Diplomystus Dentaus Fish Fossil Plate from the Green River Formation
Located in Vancouver, BC
A fish fossil from the Green River Formation of Wyoming, the largest fossil is of a Diplomystus dentus. This Eocene fossil plate was preserved in intermountain lake basins while the ...
Decorated Chesapecten Shell Atop Italian Candlestick on Fossil Agate Base
By Interi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chesapecten shell, that's 10 million years old, decorated with agate and a natural forming Baroque pearl atop an 18th century, Italian candlestick foot, from Florence, on a fossil ...
Agate
Natural stone panel composed of 5 Sea Urchins fossils, Monted in a Wood Base
Located in Funchal, PT
Plaque of pecten from Lubéron (France), with 5 sea urchins mounted on a wood base. Very decorative item. One part of an other sea urchins at the bottom left.
Stone
Limited Edition Modern Glass Sculpture by Dorothé van Driel 20th Century
By Dorothé van Driel
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Dorothé van Driel, Glass Sculpture with organic shape like a fossil or a shell.
Glass
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