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Natural Specimens For Sale
Organic Modern Hand Carved Malachite and Rose Quartz Egg Sculptural Set of 4
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Organic Modern Hand Carved Malachite and Rose Quartz Egg Sculptural Set of 4. Midcentury green malachite hand-burnished egg set of 3 with one large rose qu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Quartz
Scolecite on Stilbite From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India (249 grams)
Located in New York, NY
From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
Large lustrous cluster of an acicular sprays of scolectite crystals on pink stilbite. The scolecite crystals have glassy crystal faces and ar...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Organic Beaded Necklace on Stand, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
The organic necklaces are treated as works of art or sculpture displayed on their black metal stands. The top parts are intricately braided twine attached to which are sliced sea she...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Pair of Red Gorgonian Branches, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of fan-shaped red Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz, Russia
Located in New York, NY
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz, Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Measures: 12.5 cm tall x 15 cm wide
All ru...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Russian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Pineapple Small in Crystal, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Quartz var. Amethyst Flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Quartz var. Amethyst flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Aesthetic formation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals in fan-shaped aggregate. These formations a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Amethyst, Other
Pair of Fossil Coral Stone Spheres, Italy 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer Grand Tour's souvenir. A pair of fossil coral stone spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Oro in Yellow I, Unique Yellow & Slate Grey Glass Sculpture by Morten Klitgaard
Located in London, GB
‘Oro I’ is a unique sculpture by the Danish artist, Morten Klitgaard.
In the artist's own words:
"My work is driven by the urge to investigate and push the limits of glass as a mat...
Category
2010s Danish Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Brown Fossil Eosuchus Crocodile Vertebrae in Acrylic Custom Box
Located in Polanco, CDMX
“Eosuchus” crocodile vertebrae
Origen: Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
Period: Cretaceous 66-100 Million years old.
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
Kelp, a Unique Amber, Aqua & Green Cast Glass Sculpture by Nina Casson McGarva
Located in London, GB
'Kelp' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist, Nina Casson McGarva
Casson McGarva firstly casts her glass in a flat mould where she introduces all of the beautifully de...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Natural Rock Crystal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Natural rock crystal sculpture on stand
Measures: 13”/L x 9”/D x 5”/H without stand.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
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 a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Selection of Specimen Marble and Stone Spheres
Located in London, London
Specimen marble spheres
Different stones
Sizes are 15cm, 13cm, 10cm and 8cm diameter
Age unknown
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Oversized Roku Pottery Sculpture of an Apple by Renzo Faggioll
Located in Downingtown, PA
Oversized Sculpture of an Apple by American Ceramicist, Renzo Faggioll,
Raku Pottery,
1980s
The sculpture is of a naturalistically shaped pear with stem in yellows and green. It is Raku pottery.
Dimensions: 20 inches high x 14 inches diameter.
Renzo Faggioli...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
European Collection of Elk and Moose Antlers
Located in Essex, MA
Collection of authentic elk and moose antlers of varying sizes. Perfect for holiday decorating.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Golden Calcite Crystal From Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with small sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated scalenohedra...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Madrepora and Shells Composition on Little Wooden Bases
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Two little madrepora and shells composition on a pair of wooden bases: very simple that You can set anywhere.
One is lower than the other, but they are both very pretty.
I cannot wri...
Category
2010s Italian Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Calcite on Amethyst cluster From Uruguay
Located in New York, NY
From San Eugenio, Artigas Dept., Uruguay
Large 6'' sharp scalenohedral crystal of Calcite centered on matrix of grape purple translucent to transparent top-quality Uruguayan Amethyst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
Blue Barite From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb incredible new blue Barite that have been discovered this p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pyrite Cluster with Quartz from Peru ( 20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Pyrite with Quartz from Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru.
Complex cluster of colorless quartz crystals inter grown with metallic yellow pyrite crysta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Madrepora and Shells Composition on a Wooden Vase
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Madrepora and shells on wooden vase with gilt edges. Simple and elegant, can be set anywhere.
Category
2010s Italian Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Driftwood
Vibrant Red & Yellow Natural Mookaite Mineral from Australia
Located in London, GB
Freestanding vibrant red & yellow natural mookaite mineral from Australia
Since 1986 Dale Rogers has been sourcing the grandest fossils, crysta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Australian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Brucite from Pakistan
Located in New York, NY
From Qilla (Killa) Saifullah Chrome Mines, northwestern Baluchistan, Pakistan
Large elongated cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent lemon-yellow brucite crystals in hemis...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pyrite Clusters on Basalt From Navajun, Spain
Located in New York, NY
A world-class cluster of perfectly terminated cubic Pyrite crystals, interlocked on it's natural Basalt matrix. This specimen was discovered in the famous mines of Navajun, Spain - c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Pyrite, Other
Forest Relic Collection, Steel & Gold Textured Metal Vessels by Claire Malet
By Claire Malet
Located in London, GB
'Forest Relic Collection' is a unique trio of sculptural vessels by the British artist, Claire Malet.
The size for each one is;
Forest Relic I 20cm H, 14cm ø £1375
?Forest Re...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Copper, Steel, Gold Leaf
Original Design, Seymchan with Olivine Meteorite in a Black Acrylic Display
Located in Polanco, CDMX
Original design in Acrylic display with a magnet making the Meteorite look as it´s floating the same way it did in outer space for years before its final visit to Earth.
Seymchan w...
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
Gem Grade Amethyst Geode Sculpture, Uruguay
Located in London, GB
This Gem grade, Amethyst Geode crystal Sculpture, resembles in shape and silhouette that of a shrouded woman holding a swaddled baby. And would work well in a Boho Chic Styled Interior. The Geode originates from Uruguay where they are mined from the same rock formation as their relatives just to the north across the border into southern Brazil, they are igneous (volcanic) in origin.
Differentiated from its Brazilian relatives by it’s typically smaller crystal size and darker, deeper colour the Uruguayan amethyst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
2000s Italian Green Murano Glass Cactus Plant with Yellow Flowers in Gold Pot
By Fornace Mian
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian highly collectible potted glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Fornace Mian, in a lifelike org...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold
Small Bluish-Grey Quartz with Cut Stalactite
Located in London, GB
A pleasing small display piece showcasing bluish druzy quartz covering a stalactite, which is cut and polished at the tip to reveal the floral interior structure.
This piece was l...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Optical Calcite Crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
From Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China.
Internally flawless crystal cluster of optical-grade colorless calcite on gossan matrix. The calcite crystal are fully terminated with he...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Cobaltoan Calcite Mineral From Shaba, Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Mashamba West, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)
Large complex cluster of lustrous pink translucent flattened rhombohedral cobalt-rich Calc...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Crocoite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Located in New York, NY
From red lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Colorful specimen of bright red-orange translucent crocoite crystals on brown gossan with minor yellowish-white gibbsite microcryst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Australian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Custom Mounted Pair of Matching Long Horn Steer Horns
Located in Nantucket, MA
Matched pair of long horn steer horns of good color and form on custom made wood bases.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Horn, Pine
Large Polished Ocean Jasper Bowl (7 Inches Tall, 54.8 lbs.)
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful one-of-a-kind, free-form ocean jasper bowl from Madagascar. This will make a beautiful centerpiece to complement your home and polished to ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
90lb Natural White Quartz Crystal Rock Stone Formation Healing Cluster
Located in Dayton, OH
A fine and impressive 90 pound natural white quartz specimen. Gorgeous natural sculpture adding organic modern element to any room.
This white crystal is considered a “master heal...
Category
Late 20th Century Primitive Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Galena from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Located in New York, NY
Galena from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Bright metallic galena crystals with mirror-like surface luster with minor quartz. The galena crystals ha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, 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 guild-plated wooden base on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal
Purple Fluorite from Durham, England
Located in New York, NY
From Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England
Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple-grey cubic fluorite crystals. The flu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Clam Shell Seashell White Natural
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, relatively large, white natural clam shell seashell. Seashell is real. Beautiful as a stand-alone piece or fill with your favorite fruits, vegetables, etc. Seashell meas...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
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 cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cab...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
1970s Nober Roosnr Brass Plated Small Mirror with Butterfly and Flower
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s brass-plated mirror with butterfly and flower sculpture .
Signed Nober Roosnr.
Category
1970s Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass, Copper
Three Gold Plated Nautilus Shells, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Group of three nautilus shells with their iconic form, gold plated with a copper under coat wearing through as a sculptural element.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Original Design, Space Box, Swedish Muonionalusta, Meteorite in Acrylic Box
Located in Polanco, CDMX
The “Space Box” was designed by Ernesto Duran, as a creative way to enhance the uniqueness of meteorites and could also be use as a decorative piece. Its an acrylic box with a magnet on top and a steel string pulling the meteorite straight simulating the floating movement they had in outer space, allowing an interaction and a 360° view.
Muonionalusta Meteorite...
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
2020 Handmade Shell Ball Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
2020 handmade shell ball sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Herkimer Quartz Cluster from Herkimer County, New York
Located in New York, NY
Doubly-terminated, stacked cluster of Herkimer Quartz crystals from Herkimer County, New York. This aesthetic specimen, translucent to transparent 3d diamond shaped cluster, is in pr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Crystal, Other
Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in New Orleans, LA
These impressive Egyptian Revival obelisks are crafted of dynamically patterned agate. The rare 19th-century models were almost certainly made in Italy during the height of the Grand Tour when the fervor for all things ancient pervaded the decorative arts. Rich in neoclassical elegance yet possessing an exotic worldliness, pieces such as these were extremely popular as Grand Tour souvenirs among members of the British aristocracy...
Category
19th Century Italian Egyptian Revival Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate
Asian Style Carved Semi Precious Stones Floral Bouquet in Stone Vase
Located in Toledo, OH
Carved semi precious multi colored floral bouquet in carved stone base. Jade and other stones shaped into petals and leaves. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 15" diameter x 18" H.
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Jade
Sculpture Brown & Yellow Speckled Egg in Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It do have a lovely brown and yellow colo...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Natural White Anhydrate Crystals on Quartz Matrix from Gerais Mine, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
A very rare combination of large, white Anhydrate crystal blades, forming a flower formation, within a crystal matrix of quartz. This extremely asthetic specimen, mined in the early ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Otter and Loss, Taxidermy in a Glass Machine, London Piccadilly
By Rowland Ward
Located in Lisboa, PT
Otter and loss - Taxidermy in a glass machine - London Piccadilly, Rowland Ward Ld. 19th Century.
Taxidermy is the art and process of preserving, mounting, and displaying animal spe...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple yellow fluorite from elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Natural Barite on Calcite Pseudomorph from, India
Located in New York, NY
From Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Large pale snow white pseudomorph crystal of gem transparent calcite crystals coated with sparkling barite micro crystals. In pristine conditi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Huge Burl Cherry Wood Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gigantic carved cherry wood bowl
Original surface.
See soda can in photo's to give you a sense of scale.
Category
1970s American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Cherry
Antique Top Quality Carved Black Forest Style Knitting Farmer's Wife Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
One of the best ever hand carved, black forest of Southern Germany sculptures.
This unique antique is for the collectors and connoisseurs, because the quality in the details of th...
Category
Early 20th Century European Black Forest Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Woven Pastel Mandala No 6, a mixed coloured glass sculpture by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Pastel Mandala No 6 (shiny)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coastline which informs his love for detail, a constant theme for his ever-evolving creations. The Woven series in particular is the result of intricate layers of varied coloured canes which are manipulated to follow and twist around the form of the piece, creating movement. These are then cold cut to reveal the vibrant colours hidden beneath the surface.
In his own words:
“The effect is like water over precious stones or the rock with its glimmering colours beneath reflecting natural growth and corrosion. I enjoy observing people’s reactions to my work, everything is up for interpretation, as my work is diverse, complex and sometimes subversive. It invites you to look again and again. My introduction to hot glass gave me an insatiable desire to explore this medium to its limits. I find glass an inspiration in itself but have found inspiration from the natural world and its issues”
Rowe’s journey with glass began during his degree course in 3D design at the University of Central Lancashire. During the following seven years he worked alongside a number of glassmakers at the London Glass Blowing hot shop, enhancing and Fine-tuning his skills before moving to Brazil. During this time Rowe set up his own glass studio but also experienced a different working environment alongside Industrial glassmakers.
On returning to the UK with an initial set-up in Hertfordshire, he rejoined London Glassblowing, where he has worked on and off from 2005 to the present day. Currently, Rowe now makes his work at a number of studios all-over the UK and also produces Peter Layton...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Giant Polished Petrified Wood Sphere
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular polished petrified wood sphere.
The sphere sits on a separate polished 6" square marble base which is included.
The last three imag...
Category
20th Century Unknown Natural Specimens
Materials
Petrified Wood
Antique, New and Vintage Natural Specimens
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.