Rococo Mounted Objects

17th Century Italian church vase decorated with fossil agate coral, red phantom quartz crystals, and chalcedony rosettes on polished agate base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. Fossil agate coral is mounted on top of the artifact. Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. It is adorned with coordinating red phantom crystals and chalcedony rosettes that resemble the color and texture of the piece. The piece has been naturally distressed from the flood. It has been preserved and transformed by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece and the period shows that the Italian fragment is originally 17th century. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...

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...

Sculptural 18th century Italian figure of Christ and metal sword with large red and white crystal quartz clusters and phantom quartz. The figure of Christ was originally part of a c...

Pair of 19th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wings on calcite crystal points in matrix. The pair hand-carved gilded and gilded angel wings are originally from a histor...

18th-century Italian blue and gilded arrow mounted on aquamarine in matrix and adorned with aquamarine and baroque pearls.  The arrow was once used as part of a decorative motif in ...

Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base mounted with agatized coral on a polished agate base. The 18th century hand-carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The polish...

18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...

Late 17th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with a coordinating baroque pearl and unique fossilized aragonite. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic dep...

Pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf candlestick tops with polished fossil agate coral and a natural forming baroque pearl. The 18th century fragments come from Tuscany and have th...

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 ...

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...

Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment with elestial quartz and mounted on an agate slice. The fragment was originally from a historical Italian church. It is mounted with the ele...

This is a porcelain plaque of the Holy Virgin Mary. It depicts an oval shaped medallion adorned in the center by a high relief profile of the Virgin Mary. Around the medallion is pie...

Rare pair Of 18th century Venetian Rococo period polychromed antique carved wood sculptures in the form of nubian heads. Each with substantial traces of original polychrome, portray...

18th century Italian bronze-gold crucifix with coordinating gold leaf shells and crystal points mounted on a crystal geode. The gold leaf shells adorn the crucifix and the base of th...

18th century Italian station of the cross on calcite crystals in matrix with a natural-forming baroque pearl. This is the second station of the cross in a group of 14 and originall...

18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...

18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" with fossil agate coral and natural lemon quartz crystals and mounted on a coral base.  This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...

18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing mounted on tourmaline in crystal quartz. The large, gold leaf and painted angel wing originally came from a church in Tuscany. It was onc...

18th century Italian gilded candlestick mounted with a pearlescent oyster shell and adorned with gold leaf shells. The 18th century Italian candlestick is originally from a histori...

18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base mounted and adorned with quartz crystals and topped with an ammonite. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...

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...

Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick with a fossil clam shell and gold leaf barnacles mounted on a cut rock coral base. The hand-carved, 18th century candlestick originally came from a church in Tuscany. It is mounted on a cut and fossilized rock coral base. The mounted fossil...

A pair of 18th century gilded Italian fragments adorned with golden quartz crystals and baroque pearls. The pair are free-standing or can be modified to be hung on a wall upon reques...

17th Century Italian candlestick fragment topped with a complete and natural ammonite shell. This Italian fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the histo...

18th century Italian hand-carved candlestick with hand-painted cream tones and distressed silver leaf detailing, darkened with age, with a coordinating fossil sea fan surrounded by u...

18th Century Italian cross adorned with native copper with crystals from White Pine Mine, Michigan and copper-plated kyanite on a crystal druzy in copper...

18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...

18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with a rock coral head and coordinating elestial quartz crystals crafted to the coral and the feet of the candlestick. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...

Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...

Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved wood figure of Christ on an optical calcite crystal base. The original red bole shows through on the artifact and coordinates with the pha...

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 ...

Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix mounted on jasper with crystal points. The crystal points create more sunrays around the halo of the crucifix. The reddish tips of the crysta...

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...

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...

18th century Italian gold sunray fragment with tangerine crystal quartz points on a polished optical calcite base. The hand-carved, hand-painted wood fragment sunray was once part of...

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...

17th century Italian candlestick base fragment from Tuscany mounted with a rutile quartz crystal. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Florence...

18th century Italian eucharist emblem fragment mounted on mica with garnets with a baroque pearl and topaz. The ecclesiastical fragment was original used to depict a symbol of the eu...

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...

A set of three coordinating 17th century Italian 'Florence Fragments' all topped with varying collections of selenite rock crystal and naturally free-forming copper. These fragment...

Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a chalcopyrite and adorned with kyanite. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction i...

17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base topped with preserved, naturally free-forming copper. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the histo...

18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angel wing on a crystal quartz cluster with Baroque pearls. The hand-carved gold leaf angel wing is originally from a historic church in Liguria. This piece is particularly rare and exquisite due to its unique shape and size. It is gold leaf and has a bole underlay. The ecclesiastical artifact is mounted on a bed of quartz crystals. The Baroque pearls, tangerine quartz...

Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base. The fragment was originally p...

18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and natural forming Baroque pearls. The Chesapecten plate...

18th century Italian gilded hand-carved fragment crest mounted on a golden, polished hematoid slab and adorned with baroque pearls. The gilded fragment was originally from a historic...

Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment decorated with mica and crystal quartz points on a polished agate base. The 18th century fragment originally came from a candlestick in a his...

18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and natural forming Baroque pearls. The Chesapecten plate...

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 ...

18th century Italian processional finial with polished agate coral on a coordinating agatized coral base. The finial originally came from a church in Tuscany. Polished agate cora...

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...

19th century Italian pediment fragment decorated with pectin shells and red phantom crystal points on a lucite base. The piece is put together by ...

This exquisite 18th-century Meissen porcelain figurine depicts a touching scene of motherhood, showcasing the exceptional craftsmanship of one of the oldest and most revered European porcelain manufacturers. The finely detailed figure is mounted in luxurious French Louis XV-style gilt bronze, enhancing the elegance and rarity of the piece. The combination of Meissen's delicate porcelain artistry with the opulence of French gilt bronze mounts exemplifies the refinement and beauty of 18th-century decorative arts. The scene features a tender moment of a mother with her child, rendered with meticulous attention to detail, from the soft expressions to the intricately modeled folds of fabric. The gilded bronze mounts, in the ornate Louis XV style, complement the figurine’s refined design and add a regal touch, making this piece a remarkable example of Rococo elegance. This rare and beautifully crafted Meissen porcelain figurine, adorned with French Louis XV gilt bronze mounts, captures a tender motherhood scene in the Rococo style. An outstanding piece for collectors of fine European porcelain...

18th century Italian painted fragment decorated with mica in matrix and a Smokey lemon quartz crystal on a phantom optical calcite base. The 18th century fragment is hand carved a...

18th century Italian hand-carved gilded angel with fossil agate coral wings and mounted pinkish white aragonite. The hand-carved angel is holding a coordinating baroque pearl. It was...

18th century Italian station of the cross on calcite crystals in matrix with a natural-forming baroque pearl. The station of the cross is originally from a historical church in Ita...

17th century Italian gold leaf angel on a coordinating spirit cactus quartz crystal base.  The crystal cluster base has natural forming gold mineral deposits applied to the yellow c...

Pair of 18th-century Italian fragment candlestick bases decorated with fossil agate coral. The 18th century hand carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The agate coral coo...

18th-century Italian fragment base with fossil agate coral and calcite crystal on a polished agate base.  The 18th century hand carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The ...