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Natural Specimens For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1970s
Gold and Turquoise Ring
Located in North Miami, FL
18 K Yellow gold and turquoise Diamond accent ring. Weigh 11.3 grams. Size 5.5 ring.
Normal wear.
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold
Vintage Natural Merulina White Coral Specimen
Located in Highland, IN
This lovely vintage selection of Merulina coral is an extremely beautiful specimen in terrific condition. The exquisite form offers a variety of textures and shapes and even looks dr...
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Descloizite From Namibia
Located in New York, NY
Rare, inky, lustrous, sharply defined descloizite from a pocket mined in the 1970s out of the Tsumeb Mine in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, the large, fully formed crystals on this ...
Category
1970s Namibian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Rare Vintage Pink Coral Specimen on Lucite Base
Located in Highland, IN
This lovely vintage selection of pink coral is a rare specimen beautifully presented. The California Hydrocoral is a slow growing, deep water coral which unfortunately was overharves...
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Japanese Iron Vase with Inlaid Silver and Gold by Ueda Hiroshi
Located in Stamford, CT
A cylindrical iron Ikebana vase with silver and gold spiral design depicting stream. The vase was made by Ueda Hiroshi and is signed Hiroshi. The box come...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
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
Mexican Sermel Papier Mâché Small Mushroom Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
Papier mâché small mushroom by Sermel. Hand painted design with overall areas of wear and minimal paint loss. Signed on the underside.
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Paper
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
Sulfur From Sicily
Located in New York, NY
This rare collector's specimen came out of a famous pocket in Sicily in the 1970s and exhibits the large crystals, excellent clarity, and isolation of crystals for which the location...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
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
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
1970s Italian Other Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
1970s Italian Other Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Greenlandica, collection of seven various bone tools
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Greenlandica, a collection of various bone tools, comprising seven pieces in total.
Originating from Greenland.
Dating back to approximately the 1970s.
The largest piece measures:...
Category
1970s Greenlandic Folk Art Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
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
Pair of 1970s Longhorn Steer Horns Mounted on Lucite Bases by Jean Roy Designs
By Jean Roy Designs
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fantastic and sculptural pair of natural steer horns on custom lucite bases circa 1970s, designed by Jean Roy Designs of California. Label. In fine condition,...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Horn, Lucite
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
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
Cerrusite on Rosasite From Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
This singular combination piece out of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, was sourced in the 1970s. Large, abundant, gemmy cerrusite crystals on almost shockingly vibrant turquoise-hued rosas...
Category
1970s Namibian Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Other
1970’s Capiz Shell Flower Display
Located in Charleston, SC
I really do love these capiz faux flower arrangements. You usually find these hand crafted displays in a shell being used as the vase. But thi...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Bulgari, Silver Mounted Amethyst Geode Quartz
By Bulgari
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
Vintage Felipe Benito Archuleta Style Wooden Watermelon Folk Art
By Felipe Archuleta
Located in Charleston, SC
A vintage folk art watermelon which has been carved from wood and hand painted. This piece is attributed to master New Mexican carving artist Felip Archuleta, who carved animals, watermelons and whirly...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
Postmodern Black Murano Glass Lemon with Gold and Silver Flakes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This lemon is made in black Murano glass with silver and gold flakes and then covered in transparent Murano glass.
It might show slight traces of use since it's...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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
Italian Hand Carved Timber Deer Head Sculpture
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Unique Italian hand carved deer Sculpture made of timber.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Lladro Porcelain Sculpture with Doves
Located in Madrid, ES
Lladro porcelain sculpture with doves.
Elegant lladro porcelain sculpture with doves made in the 1970s. Discontinued. Perfect condition. Measures: 55x40x30 cm
The Lladró factory is...
Category
1970s Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Porcelain
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare and magnificent object fashioned from a rare coco de mer nut and Ostrich egg by Antony Redmile. The box is secured to a wooden base with a silvered stand, holding both sides of the coconut. The coconut is a rich dark chocolate brown and appears to be warmly polished. The top of the box is silvered and adorned with beautiful malachite specimens. 2 small cast resin boar's teeth set with malachite are present on either side of the box, much like handles. Decorative silvered fittings hold ostrich eggs that serve as the lids to the box. Finally, a silvered fitting holds an oval malachite finial...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Pair of Silvered and Gilt 'Fleur Des Siècles' Flower Basket Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of silvered and gilt 'Fleur des Siècles' flower basket models
American, c.1975
Height 12cm, width 16cm, depth 12cm
Set in woven gilt-metal ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pair of silvered and gilt-metal 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower models by Gorham
Located in London, GB
Pair of silvered and gilt-metal 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower models by Gorham
American, c.1975
Height 12cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
These beautiful de...
Category
1970s American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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
Collection of Silver Cactus and Lucite Cube Italian Design, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Collection of silver cactus and lucite cube Italian design 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
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
French 1970s Lucite Resin Cube Sculpture with Vanilla Parts Inclusions
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This resin, lucite sculpture, has an regangular form. Inside. It is an inclusion of a Vanilla plant.
This has been done in France circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Lucite
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
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
Sculpture "Costruzioni Di Oasi", Design Mario Schifano, Italy 1979
Located in Napoli, IT
Sculpture "Costruzioni di Oasi", designed and produced by Mario Schifano in 1979.
These sculptures were made in 100 pieces; the one for sale is numero 55 as per the engraving on the...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Italian Onyx Large Cat Sculpture
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Large Italian onyx marble cat sculpture 1970s.
Stunning Art Deco decorative cat sculpture in amber colour onyx stone.
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Onyx
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
African Antelope Hunting Trophy Mounted on a Zinc Stand
Located in Montreal, QC
African Antelope hunting Trophy Mounted on a Zinc stand.
Category
1970s Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
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
Vintage Geode Quartz Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Admired since ancient times, natural quartz is prized for its extraordinary natural design. These vintage 1970s gems are polished and present the beautiful array of blue grayish colo...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Natural Organic Root Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
Natural organic molave root sculpture from the Philippines.
In Asia they have always shown a fascinating for nature's unpredictable organic forms and ...
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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
Large Natural Stone Onyx Egg Mounted on a Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
Large natural stone onyx egg mounted on a metal stand
Size: 9 3/4" high x 5" diameter x 4" base diameter.
Category
1970s American Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Onyx, Metal
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
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.