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Purple Amethyst Natural Specimen
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial purple amethyst natural specimen piece. A beautiful decorative object
Category

20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Crystal, Quartz

Malachite natural specimen sculpture
Located in Delft, NL
Malachite natural specimen sculpture A large natural malachite specimen on a cypress wood base
Category

20th Century African Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite

Malachite natural specimen sculpture
Malachite natural specimen sculpture
H 14.18 in W 16.54 in D 6.7 in
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 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric 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.
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric 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 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

Antique Late 19th Century Sub-Saharan African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone, Horn

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

Antique Late 19th Century Sub-Saharan African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone, Horn

Brain Coral Natural Specimen
Located in New York, NY
A substantial and relatively large piece/fragment of natural brain coral. Use as a standalone
Category

20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Brain Coral Natural Specimen
Brain Coral Natural Specimen
H 8 in W 13 in D 5 in
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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Antique 1880s Italian 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
Category

Antique 1880s Italian 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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

Antique 1870s Italian 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

Antique 1880s Italian 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

Antique 1880s Italian 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

Antique 1870s Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Amethyst

Big Clam Shell Natural Specimen With Brass Pedestal. Iluminated
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful and elegant shell on brass pedestal It has interior lighting that can be canceled by cutting the cable and leaving it as a simple decorative shell. Its condition is excelle...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Other Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

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

Antique 1870s Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal

Natural Specimen: a Native Copper and Vanadinite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druze of Vanadinite and native copper crystals, mounted over carved
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Copper

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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

Big Clam Shell Natural Specimen
Located in Marbella, ES
Big Clam Shell Natural Specimen.
Category

Mid-20th Century European Bathroom Fixtures

Materials

Shell

Big Clam Shell Natural Specimen
Big Clam Shell Natural Specimen
H 3.94 in W 10.63 in D 7.49 in
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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian 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

Antique 1880s Italian 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

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood

Shell Natural Specimen With White Marble Pedestal Bronze Bird Can Be Removed
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful and elegant shell on pure white marble pedestal It has an ornament of a bronze bird, but you can remove it if you don't like it and leave the shell alone. Its condition i...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Other Natural Specimens

Materials

Carrara Marble

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 Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

Selection of Natural Specimen Mounts
By Willy Daro
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of natural specimen mounts, French, circa 1950s. From left to right, as seen in the first
Category

Vintage 1950s French Bohemian Table Lamps

Materials

Agate, Quartz, Metal, Brass, Bronze

Natural Rock Crystal Specimen Piece
Located in New York, NY
A rock crystal natural specimen piece aka clear quartz, decorative object. Dimensions: 3.5" D x
Category

20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

Natural Rock Crystal Specimen Piece
Natural Rock Crystal Specimen Piece
H 2.5 in W 4.25 in D 3.5 in
Gorgeous Mid Century Modern Natural Driftwood Mounted Specimen Sculpture
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous natural specimen of driftwood professionally turned into a modern sculpture
Category

Early 2000s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Driftwood

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.
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 (Cyanistes caeruleus) Blue tit on a wooden base
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Large Natural Specimen Turned Drift Wood Base Round Glass Top Dining Table MINT!
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Natural Specimen Turned Drift Wood Base Round Glass Top Dining Table MINT!
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Glass, Driftwood

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 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

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 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 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 bird (Perdix Rufa) Red Partridge mounted on a wooden
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

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, 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.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Perdix perdix) Partridge mounted on a wooden base
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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 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

Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood, Paper

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

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Paper, Feathers, Animal Skin, Wood

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

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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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 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
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

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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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

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

Materials

Wood, Paper

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Natural Specimen For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of natural specimen is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct natural specimen — often made from stone, metal and wood — can elevate any home. Find 1594 antique and vintage natural specimen at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 707 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Natural specimen have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Natural specimen made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. Natural specimen have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Pietra Gallery, FS Henemader Antiques, Inc. and Interi are consistently popular.

How Much are Natural Specimen?

Natural specimen can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,266, while the lowest priced sells for $29 and the highest can go for as much as $280,000.

Finding the Right natural-specimens for You

Natural specimens turn things found in nature, such as rocks, crystals and timber, into art. Sometimes these specimens are hand-carved into sculptures. Other times, antique, new and vintage natural specimens themselves are best displayed in their most untouched state. These pieces range from Victorian-era objects to modern-day designs and include everything from sculptures made from animal horns to works in wood, either as sculptures or merely imposing and provocative chunks of driftwood.

Natural specimens serve as compelling decor in any collection or home. Just as any curious decorative object, such as an ancient scientific instrument or taxidermy mount, will draw attention to your carefully curated home library or mantel, natural specimens can spark interesting discussions about life and art. Whether it’s a piece of ancient pottery formed from natural clay, plants sculpted from metal, sculptures of animals or antique stone, they grant a window into all of nature’s wonders.

Natural specimen sculptures can complement many aesthetics. A rare geode makes a stunning centerpiece in a study or living room. Crystals and rock crystal spheres carved in the 1970s add a sense of etherealness and quiet beauty to any space.

Whatever your taste, the selection of antique, new and vintage natural specimens on 1stDibs includes precisely the right piece for your space.

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