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Natural Specimens For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1950s
Italian Art Nouveau gilded metal tree sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
Step into the grandeur of a classic living room, where the air is filled with a timeless elegance that whispers stories of the past. Amidst the opulence, there stands a mesmerizing m...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Blue and Yellow Fluorite From Germany
Located in New York, NY
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
This specimen comes from the worldfamous find in the so called "Blaue Druse" (blue cavern) in the year 1964...
Category
1960s German Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Virginia Metalcrafters Cast Brass Tobacco Leaf Tray
Located in Malibu, CA
VTG 1963 Virginia Metalcrafters Solid Cast Brass Tobacco Leaf Trinket Dish
Perfect for holding small items like jewelry or coins, this dish is truly a one-of-a-kind piece. Whether y...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Rotating Agate Geode With Amethyst Crystals
Located in Pasadena, CA
Rotating Agate Geode With Amethyst Crystals. The base of this natural specimen is made in a way hat allows the geode to turn in a 360 degree angle. It can be turned to face any direc...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
Vintage resin natural seascape 1960s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this decorative Vintage Resin Natural Seascape from the 1960s offers a unique opportunity to bring a piece of nature's beauty into your home...
Category
1960s Space Age Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Resin
Awesome Huge Mid-Century Modern Olive Mushroom
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Handmade.
Incredibly beautiful grain.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Olive
Vintage Windcatcher Chandelier Made of Shells Verner Panton Style 60s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
With this beautiful vintage shell storm catcher in the style of Verner Panton you imagine yourself in tropical atmospheres. This shell hanging wind catcher gives 'a kind of' holiday ...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
French Gypsum Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970 s tree statue , Vintage artist school work .
Small Man H: 24 W:6 D:5,5
WOMEN H: 22.5 W:6 D:6
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Sculpture in Wood Butalist Design, 1950s France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Description: this sculpture was made in the 1950s in France. It consists of a black oak base and an oak ball carved . Very nice work combining organic form and raw material.
Conditi...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Oak
Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks and Sphere
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautiful grouping of clear rock crystal quarts pair of obelisks and a sphere.
Category
1950s Brazilian Grand Tour Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Vintage Organic Modern Solid Teak Burlwood Planter Sculpture
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a solid teak sculpture hand-carved from a rare burlwood portion of the coveted Burmese teak tree. Burlwood results from harvesting a tree or a portion of a tree that has ...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid Century Modern Hand Painted Sculpture
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Mid Century Modern hand painted women sculpture.
Place of Origin: Italy
Date of Manufacture: 1950s
In style: Mid Century Modern
Materials & Techniques: Ceramic
Condition: ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill taxidermy on a Natural base-Bucorvus abyssinicus
Located in Leuven , BE
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill taxidermy on a Natural base-Bucorvus abyssinicus (Cites NL)
Provenance: Private collection Brussels
The Ground Hornbill is a particularly spectacular rep...
Category
1960s Zambian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Venetian Murano Clown Under The Mushroom
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Venetian Murano Clown Under The Mushroom
Murano, Italy art glass clown and mushroom figurine. The clown is holding on to the mushroom stem and look...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell of Mens' Faces
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell of Mens' Faces.
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Bulgari, Silver Mounted Amethyst Geode Quartz
By Bvlgari
Located in Montreal, QC
Bvlgari, silver mounted amethyst geode quartz
sterling silver, maker's stamp on exterior
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Large Amber Stone Beautiful Gemstone
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Beautiful rough stone with beautiful colors. Natural amber beautiful to process as jewelry.
The weight of this stone is 86 grams.
Category
1960s Baltic Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Italian Wood Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood sculpture by the student in scuola di belle arti in Venice
a public academy of art in Venice.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
1950s Hand Carved Cameo of Dancing Women on Conch Seashell
Located in Tarrytown, NY
A beautiful hand carved cameo on conch seashell depicting dancing women made circa 1950s
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Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Vintage Massive Live Edge Tree Root Sculpture
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Massive live edge tree root sculpture. An absolute masterpiece from every angle this naturally occurring sculpture is a beauty to behold ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Artist Roger Capron Ceramic Tile in the Style of a Prehistoric Fossil Fish
By Roger Capron
Located in St. Louis, MO
Roger Capron French (1922–2006) large ceramic tile evocative of a prehistoric fossil fish, executed in intricate, dimensional detail and finished in...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Indonesian Reclaimed Wood Tofu Grinder Sculpture, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A unique tofu grinder sculpture, hand-carved out of a single large piece of reclaimed wood. From Indonesia, circa 1950. Original untouched color.
Category
1950s Indonesian Tribal Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed Wood Tofu Grinder Sculpture, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A unique tofu grinder sculpture, hand-carved out of a single large piece of reclaimed wood. From Indonesia, circa 1950. Original untouched color. The holes in the back can be used fo...
Category
1950s Indonesian Tribal Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Vintage Boho 1950s Plaster Heart Bookends, Signed- Set of 2
Located in west palm beach, FL
An exceptional vintage pair of Boho plaster bookends. Amazing realistic hearts that rest in a plinth. Tagged Goldman and Belski 1950. The perfect gift for the MD in your life. Acquir...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Rare California Purple Coral Specimen Allopora Californica on Asian Wood Stand
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare authentic natural California Purple Coral or Allopora Californica from Catalina Island region mounted on Asian form base, c.1960s.
Allopora calif...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Large Italian Gilt Iron Floral Wall Sconce
Located in Redding, CT
Large Italian gilt iron floral wall sconce. Adorned with five elaborate tiger Lilly flowers. This unique sconce adds texture and depth to any w...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Mother-of-pearl and Metal Bird
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960 silver plated bird with mother-of-pearl insets.
Measurements:
Height: 27"
Width: 20"
Depth: 14".
Category
1960s North American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Stoneware Egg Sculpture Green Speckled Glaze by Hans Hedberg Mid-Century Modern
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 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a lovely glaze.
Hedberg worked with several famous artists, among Picasso, Léger and Matisse.
It is signed and in very good condition, it has some minor white...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
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
Stoneware Egg Sculpture Orange/Brown/Green 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´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Egg Sculpture Brown Speckled Glaze by Hans Hedberg Mid-Century Modern
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 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a lovely .
Hedberg worked with several famous artists, among Picasso, Léger and Matisse.
It is signed and in very good condition, it has some minor white...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Egg Sculpture White & Turquoise 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´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Egg Sculpture Orange & Gray-Tone 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 24.5 cm (9.8") high including the stand. It´s in very good condition except fro...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Assortment of Decorative Shells
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Assortment of Decorative Shells of all species including Queen, spider conchs, brain and branch coral, all great for decorative use. Small natural losses but overall very nice...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Stoneware Egg Sculpture White & Turquoise Glaze by Hans Hedberg Mid-Century
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
An egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in very good condition except fro...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Dutch Rare Mummified Veterinary Calf Foetus Specimen Curiosity
Located in Haarlem, NL
A little bit creepy but very beautiful this petrified unborn cow baby mummy.
Calf mummification occurs when a cow foetus dies inside the womb for to some reason and instead of expelling the foetus like normal, it dehydrates due to the absorption of amniotic fluids and mummifies in the mother’s body over time.
Cows carrying a mummified calf...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Leather
Stoneware Egg Sculpture White & Brown Concrete 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´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Egg Sculpture Gray & Green 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´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Sculptural Japanese Keyaki Wood Partition in the Style of Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Japanese keyaki wood partition in the style of Nakashima.
Category
1960s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Resin Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of resin
Good original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Resin
Mid Century Head Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid century bronze sculpture of the head
Marble base is. Vintage condition.
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Display Box of Green and Yellow Emperor Ulysses Butterflies, Belgium, 1960s
Located in Brussels , BE
Display box of green and yellow Emperor Ulysses butterflies
belgium decade of the 60s.
Category
1960s Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass
Stoneware Egg Green & Black-Tone Glaze 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 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Brutalist Bronze and Amethyst Sculpture with Bird and Cactus
Located in Toronto, ON
A unique bronze and amethyst sculpture in a truly Brutalist / organic style treatment with a fine, raw surface patina. Bird, textured brush and cactus motifs are abstracted in cast b...
Category
1950s American Brutalist Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Bronze
Selection of Midcentury Marble Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of midcentury marble lamps, American, circa 1950s.
From left to right in the first photo, they are:
1) Variegated round marble lamp in gr...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Metal
1960’s Very Large Industrial Casting Foundry Mould, 'Mould 1080.9'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.9)
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.9). We recently cleared the Victorian warehouses of ...
Category
1960s English Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Iron Sculpture with Amethyst Stone
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian sculpture.
Measurements:
Height:47"
Width: 24"
Depth: 20"
Base: 11" x 17".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Egg in a Lovely Speckled Green-Tone Glaze 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 30 cm (11,6") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition.
Hedberg ...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Natural Amber Squirrel
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Miniature carved squirrel from light colored natural amber (not resin as the material list is listing)
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Resin
Egg in Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France, Scandinavian Modern
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´s in very good condition except from s...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Natural Quartz Mineral Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Natural quartz mineral fragment.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
1950s Midcentury Design English Anatomical Models University
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of two amazing anatomical models university, circa 1950s.
Measurements from left: height 30 cm, 23 cm.
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
1960’s Very Large Industrial Casting Foundry Mould, 'Mould 1080.12'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.12)
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.12). We recently cleared the Victorian warehouses of ...
Category
1960s English Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Rare Sculpture by Angelo Lelii & Naborre Corno for Arredoluce
Located in New York, NY
Brass, horsehair. Fantastic studio-made sculpture of 30 long-stem brass flowers with horsehair centers.
Good original condition. Loss to horsehair on some flowers and overall oxida...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Old West Carved Petrified Wood Tree Log Stone Sculptures American Studio Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare pair of carved petrified wood tree sculptures, old western American studio craft.
White H 9 3/8 in. / 3.9 lbs.
Black H 20 3/4 in. / 15.12 lb...
Category
1950s American American Craftsman Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Petrified Wood
Bunch of Grapes, Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large bunch of grapes made by Hans Hedberg (1917-2007) Swedish ceramist who had his studio in Biot, near nice in France.
Hedberg worked with several fam...
Category
1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Alan Wallwork Vessel Vase Pottery Sculpture TOTEM White Brown Terracotta
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Alan Wallwork (1931-): Organic landscape sculptural vessel, 1960-1965
Exhibiting the articulated, inventive, organic qualities & tactility of Wallwork’s early oeuvre for which he is best known
- This sculptural landscape vessel has been handmade by coiling, slabbing and shaping the clay. The totemic form and pitted and pierced surfaces draw on the abstract landscape and tactility of elements in nature. matte glazes and oxides have been skillfully used to enhance the rich textures of the surfaces and the organic aesthetic.
- Wallwork is one of the great individualists in British pottery, developing an archetypal language that echoed some of the wider artistic obsessions of that period, what the art critic Herbert Read called the “postwar ferment” of sculptural activity.
- This piece was made during 1960-1965, the time that Wallwork was sharing a studio in Greenwich with Bernard Rooke and comes from a private collection along with a waterscape vase by Rooke and a bottle by Robert Fournier...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Pottery
Sculptural Japanese Keyaki Wood Partition in the Style of Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Japanese keyaki wood partition in the style of Nakashima.
Category
1960s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Hardwood
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.