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18th Century Italian Hand-Carved Angel Wing on Honey Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and painted angel wing with baroque pearls and mounted on honey calcite crystal. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic de...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with Black Irradiated Crystals on Obsidian
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf fragment with a black irradiated crystals on a free-forming obsidian mineral with a polished face. Obsidian is naturally occurring volcanic glass prod...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Lava, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with a Faceted Black Crystal on Obsidian
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf fragment with a faceted cut black crystal on a free-forming obsidian mineral with a polished face. Obsidian is naturally occurring volcanic glass prod...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Lava, Gold Leaf

Black Polished Abalone Shell on Obsidian with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Black polished abalone shell on obsidian with baroque pearls. Abalone shells are known for their iridescent and pearlescent features. This rare form of abalone has a mostly black o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Mounted Objects

Materials

Lava

Polished Free-Forming Black Obsidian Point with Natural Forming Indentions
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished black obsidian point with natural forming indentions. The point was cut and polished to completion, but parts of this piece are left in its organic form to resemble a natura...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Sunray with Tangerine Crystal Quartz on Angle-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray adorned with tangerine crystal quartz points on an angle plated quartz. Angle-plated quartz is an extremely rare form of quartz and is only found in the u...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

Polished Agate Cathedral with a Tangerine Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished agate cathedral with a tangerine crystal point. Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. These slabs are clas...
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Rock Crystal, Quartz

Bleached Turtle Shell Mounted on a Stilbite and Apophyllite Mineral Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Bleached turtle shell mounted on a Stilbite and Apophyllite mineral base. The turtle shell has been naturally bleached by the sun and mounted on the rare mineral formation. Apophyllite is a mineral occurring typically as white glass prisms, usually as a secondary mineral in volcanic rocks. It is a hydrated silicate and fluoride of calcium and potassium. Stilbite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group. Both naturally formed together to create an extraordinary mineral specimen. Together, the white turtle shell...
Category

20th Century American Organic Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Metal

Sculptural Abalone Shell with Baroque Pearls on Polished Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished Abalone (Haliotis Iris) shell with natural forming baroque pearls mounted on a metal rod on a polished agate base. The iridescent, multi-colored shell coordinates perfectly ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Metal

18th Century Italian Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf candlestick top with polished fossil agate coral and natural forming Baroque pearls. The 18th century fragment comes from Tuscany and has the original candlestick wax...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

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

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf, Metal

18th Century Italian "Young John the Baptist" Framed in a Fluorite & Gold Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Young John the Baptist" painting framed with purple and yellow fluorite. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts him as a young man with a lamb. Thi...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Angel Head with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel head or "putto" adorned with baroque pearls. A putto is a cherub figure frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and scu...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Amethyst and Calcite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels mounted on amethyst and calcite in matrix. The hand-carved angels were once part of a he...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Rutilated Quartz on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with rutilated quartz crystals on natural-forming aragonite crystal cluster. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Italy. The aragonite is from Morocco and is known for this particular type of crystalized formations. The mineral emulates a cloud which is compliments the 18th century Italian gilded angel wing. The rutile quartz crystals are adorned on the base and aspects of the wing and the gold of the rutile perfectly matches the original gilded 18th century Italian artifact...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Angel Mounted with Fossil Agate Coral Wings on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angel with fossil agate coral wings and mounted aragonite. The hand-carved angel was once part of a decorative, angelic depiction in a ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Sculptural Abalone Shell with Baroque Pearls on a Polished Agate Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished Abalone (Haliotis Iris) shell with natural forming baroque pearls mounted on a metal rod on a polished agate base. The iridescent, multi-colored shell coordinates perfectly ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Metal

18th Century Italian Cross Mounted on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca processional cross on a calcite crystal base in matrix with coordinating baroque pearls. The calcite crystal cluster in matrix is from Elmwood Mine in T...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Sculptural Driftwood with Fossil Agate Coral, Crystal Points, and Fossil Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural driftwood with fossil agate coral, crystal points, and fossil shells. Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore of a large body ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal

Pair of 18th Century Italian Vases Decorated with Shells and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf church altar vases decorated with fossil shells, siliquaria, and natural forming baroque pearls. The vases originally came from a church in A...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Vases

Materials

Gold Leaf

Sculptural Industrial Aluminium Silver Filter with a Hand-Blown Glass Ball Top
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural industrial silver aluminum filter with a hand-blown glass ball top. The sculptural piece is created from an aluminum filter with a hand-blown glass ball mounted on top....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

Sculptural Tree with an 18th Century Italian Miniature Helmet Mounted on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural tree with an 18th century Italian gold leaf miniature helmet and mounted on a calcite and mica mineral. The helmet is hung on a type of dese...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Organic Modern Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base. The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base. The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Silver Leaf Cross with Plated Crystals on a Mica Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sliver leaf and mecca cross adorned with gold and silver plated crystal points and mica mounted on a mica and tourmaline in calcite matrix base. The crucifix originally came from a church in Tuscany. The gold and silver plated crystal points replicate the original sunrays or halo around the cross. The piece is mounted on a mica and tourmaline cluster that is in a matrix of calcite. The mica holds a shimmery appearance that can reflect light - like nature's disco ball. It perfectly coordinates with the silver leaf and mecca painted cross...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Crystal, Silver Leaf

Mica in an Albite Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Mica in an albite matrix. Albite is a type of feldspar mineral. Mica is formed from silicate which creates the delicate, glimmery sheets that combine and layer together. This combination of minerals creates a rare, museum-quality formation. This is also a very big specimen and weighs approximately 54 lbs or 24.5 kg. The albite and mica create a rare, sculptural, natural formation.
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow with a Baroque Pearl on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base. The arrow was once used as part of a decorative motif in artistic depictions (most likely of Saint ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with Pyrophyllite and Titanium Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on pyrophyllite with titanium quartz. The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Ribbon Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Selenite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian ribbon fragment with natural-forming baroque pearls on a selenite slab. The Italian ribbon fragment original came from a...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Bases with Polished Fossil Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian (Region of Puglia) painted and bronzed bases decorated with a matching pair of polished fossil coordinating ammonites with ruffled copper on a copper in a matrix...
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Natural Specimens

Materials

Copper

Pair of 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlesticks with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold candlesticks with agate coral and baroque pearls. The altar sticks originally came from a church in Tusc...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Candlesticks

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Crystal with Mica with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian, distressed, hand carved and painted figure of Christ on crystal with mica and tourmaline with natural forming baroque pearl. The figure of Christ came off of a ...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal

17th Century Italian Figure of Christ with Calcite Crystals on Barite & Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian (Tuscan) figure of Christ decorated with calcite crystals on a barite and calcite crystal specimen with chalcopyrite. The hand carved figure of Christ is from a ...
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal

Pair of 18th Century Italian Finial Bases with Agate Coral on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian finial bases with coordinating polished agate coral on a Lucite base. Florida’s state stone, agatized coral, began as li...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca miniature fragment with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. I...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Leaf Fragment with Baroque Pearl & Barite Crystals on Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian leaf fragment with a natural forming baroque pearl and barite crystals on barite in matrix and polished agate base. The crystals have encrusted themselves around...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate

18th Century Italian Distressed Gold Leaf Angel Wing with Calcite Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian distressed gold leaf angel wing with golden calcite crystals on an antique Italian metal pan drip tray. These calcite crystals are from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee w...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Candlestick on Barite Crystals, Copper and Fused Glass
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick with coordinating natural-forming copper and intertwined with fused glass and baroque pearls. It is on a matrix with tapering barite crystals from El...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Copper

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Hand Carved Mecca Tassel on Chalcopyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca hand carved tassel on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base. This tassel was originally hung from an 18th century Italian chandelier. Many tassels were used to decorate churches on religious feast days. Others were commonly used to decorate 18th-19th century French and...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Wood Tassel on a Polished Calcite Cube with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian tassel on a polished calcite cube with coordinating natural-forming baroque pearls. This tassel originally came from a church in Italy. Many tassels were used to decorate churches on religious feast days. Others were commonly used to decorate 18-19th century French and Italian...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Candlestick Top with Agate Coral and Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick top with polished agate coral and a baroque pearl. The 18th century candlestick top originally came from a candlestick from a church in Tuscany. T...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Candlestick Top with Sunset Cactus Quartz and Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick top decorated with sunset cactus quartz and a baroque pearl. The gold leaf candlestick top originally came from an 18th century Italian candlestic...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornaments. These were once used to decorate historic Italian churches for feast days like Ch...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite, Calcite Crystals, and Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment with chalcopyrite on a druzy crystal matrix with calcite crystals and gold-plate kyanite. Th...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base. The fragment was originally p...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Organic Modern Petrified Wood Side Table with Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Petrified wood side table adorned with pyrite. Petrified wood is a special type of fossilized wood. This type of mineralized petrified wood went through an intricate process that to...
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Side Tables

Materials

Pyrite

17th Century Italian Gold Leaf Fragment with Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with calcite crystals in a rock matrix with gold leaf crystal quartz and mounted on a rock coral base. This fragment was originally part of a...
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Hand-Carved Sculptural Ornament 'Set of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used du...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with a Calcite Crystal Cluster on Bobeche
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix mounted on a Italian glass bobeche base. The fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Gold Kyanite on an Aragonite Crystal Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with gold-plated kyanite on natural-forming aragonite. The angel wing originally came from a church in Liguria. It was once used as part of a decorative motif in angelic depictions in a historic Italian church. The gold-plated kyanite perfectly coordinates with the gold leaf of the artifact and looks as though it grew from the feather-like carvings of the wing. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Gold Flower Reliefs & Golden Barite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian fragments with a gold flower relief decorated with natural forming baroque pearls to emulate the flower on a matrix of barite and double terminated calci...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Pair of 17th Century Italian Carved Arms of Christ with Crystal on Tourmaline
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 17th century Italian (Venetian) carved arms of Christ decorated with crystal and tourmaline on tourmaline in matrix. These hand carved arm...
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal

Large Blue Agate Slab Mounted on a Stand
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Large blue agate slab mounted on a stand. Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. These slabs are classically assoc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate

Sculptural Magnesium
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
This is sculptural magnesium that comes from a natural form of dolomite mineral. It is shaped through the Pidgeon's process of thermally reducing magnesium oxide with silicone in ext...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Metal

17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Crystal Quartz Clusters
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with a crystal quartz cluster on a crystal quartz cluster base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This was one of the worst floods recorded since the Renaissance and drew thousands of volunteers from all over the world to help save the city known for its precious history, artwork, artifacts, and rare books. The volunteers were called "the mud angels" because of the mud and silt left everything from the damage of the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of fragment. The crystal quartz clusters are applied to the piece to create a sculptural work. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Large Pyrite Mineral, 130 Lbs / 59 Kg
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pyrite mineral specimen. It is an usually large piece of pyrite and very rare to come by in this size (130 lbs / 59 kg). Pyrite, also called iron pyr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Pyrite

17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase Mounted with Chalcedony Rosettes
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase mounted and encrusted with chalcedony rosettes on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This was one of the worst floods recorded since the Renaissance and drew thousands of volunteers from all over the world to help save the city known for its precious history, artwork, artifacts, and rare books. The volunteers were called "the mud angels" because of the mud and silt left everything from the damage of the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The chalcedony rosettes perfectly emulate the color and texture of the piece. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with a Chalcedony Rosette
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment with a chalcedony rosette. It has antique hand-written Italian inscriptions on the base. The chalcedony mineral mimics the color and texture of the distressed wood fragment. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This was one of the worst floods recorded since the Renaissance and drew thousands of volunteers from all over the world to help save the city known for its precious history, artwork, artifacts, and rare books. The volunteers were called "the mud angels" because of the mud and silt left everything from the damage of the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

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