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Place of Origin: European
White Alabaster Marble Egg Lucite Base
Located in New York, NY
An Italian white alabaster marble egg and Lucite decorative object sculpture, circa late-20th century, Italy. Egg is hand-crafted and hand-marked on undersi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
A branch of a light blue mother of pores, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of Blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base with parts gilded and parts painted light blue. Ita...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Box of Specimen Marbles with Neoclassical Urns
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 19th Century Italian, Neoclassical, fine hinged box. Containing a selection of various hard stones and specimen marbles.
The lid with the inscription: 'Marmi Antichi D'Palazzo ...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Eucharist Emblem Fragment Mounted on Mica with Garnet
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
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...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Antique Monumental Clam Shell Resting On Antique Wrought Iron Plant Stand
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This a monumental clam shell displayed on a Victorian black wrought iron plant stand. Both are very heavy and in very good condition. Plant stand: 12” triangle x 39.75”H.
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Calycoceras Asiaticum Fossil Ammonite & Bronzed Stand
By Modenature
Located in Scorton, GB
THE FOSSIL STORE AES Bronze stand series is an excellent example of a double-sided Calycoceras asiaticum ammonite measuring 205mm. Now transformed into ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Limestone, Bronze
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slab (7.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A stunning piece of natural history, this meteorite is a natural Muonionalusta Meteorite with one side sliced & polished which boasts its beautiful, metallic Widmanstätten pattern. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
A large branch of Rubrum coral and Sciacca coral from Wunderkammer, Italy 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
A large branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum) and a large branch of Sciacca coral, mounted together on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involve...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Silver
Framed Set of Four Herbaria
Located in Houston, TX
Framed set of four vintage herbaria, (circa 1930-1949, Sweden). Each herbarium (botanical) measures: 15.75 inches high x 9.5 inches wide and floats within a...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, mol...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
A wunderkammer marine natural specimen, the Melo melo shell. Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
The base is made out of rosewood. The shell, Melo Melo, (Family Volutidae) is mounted with reef and small shells. Italy last part of 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Marc d'Haenens Signed Gold Agate Illuminated Wall Sculpture
By Marc D'haenens
Located in Hastings, GB
This is a sublime piece by the hugely influential and world renowned Belgian artist Marc d'Haenens. The quality and scale of this piece cannot be overstated, a single enormous slice of agate sits within the Brutalist gilt body, this is surrounded by huge crystal shards, and onyx eggs...
Category
20th Century Brutalist European Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Brass
Rare limonite formation with quartz
Located in London, GB
Intense yellow - orange limonite formation with inclusions of white quartz.
Origin: Benalmadena Trinidad Mine - Malaga - Spain
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Pair of French Midcentury Palm Tree Sculptures in Black Tapering Pots
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French vintage painted tôle palm tree sculptures from the mid 20th century, with tapered pot and lion ring pulls. Created in France during the midcentury period, each of this pair of foliage sculptures depicts a palm tree planted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Tôle
A branch of Mediterranean red coral on a lapis lazuli base, Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped marble base, with a parallelepiped-shaped central body. The entire body is enriched by a mosaic of la...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Natural Malachite Obelisk Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This one-of-a-kind malachite obelisk is one of the best I have come across, with pleasing proportions, a regal design, and a degree of complexity requiring greater skill and precisio...
Category
20th Century Other European Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Onyx
2 Fratelli Manelli Style Venetia Travertine Stone Brass Pears Sculpture Raymor
By Fratelli Manelli, Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
The Set of 2 Italian Classic Riven Travertine Venice Pear Sculptures, Bookends or Objects of Art attributed to Fratelli Manelli for Raymor are a versatile element with particular des...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Brass
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Grain Grate
By Robert Brendel
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Botanic Model by Robert Brendel - Grain Grate
A great antique botanical model manufactured by the famous Robert Brendel manufactory for botanicals models around 1900. H...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Angel Botello Sculpture "Denise", circa 1981, Spain
By Angel Botello
Located in Girona, Spain
Angel Botello sculpture "Denise".
Made with bronze.
Very decorative.
Signed and numbered 6/6.
Certificate.
Circa 1970, Spain
Angle Botello was born in 1913 in the small town of...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Bronze
Hugely Impressive Antique Giant Clam Shell
Located in Portlaoise, IE
Purchased from a private Parisian collection this wonderful example of a giant clam shell (tridacna gigas) is a real feast for the eyes. Created by mother nature and sought after the...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
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
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
A crocodile skull wunderkammer specimen, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen from Wunderkammer: a crocodile skull.
The wooden column base is decorated on the upper edge. A metal bar supports the crocodile skull. Italy circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Swedish Mid-Century Herbariums Botanicals in Dark Bamboo Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of three Swedish framed herbariums botanicals from the mid-20th century. These Swedish herbariums from the 1930s and 1950s are featured in black...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Paper
Genuine 362 Gram Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice, 4.5 Billion Years Old
Located in New York, NY
This impressive 362 gram slice displays the beauty of the Muonionalusta meteorite. It has been sliced and polished to enhance the natural etching formed when the Muonionalusta entere...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron, Nickel
Napoleone Martinuzzi, a 'Pianta Grassa' sculpture
Located in Zurich, CH
Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892-1977), a 'Pianta Grassa' sculpture, ca. 1925-1931
executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy
21 cm (height)
signed with two-line acid stamp
very good conditio...
Category
1930s Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Murano Glass
An Italian Marble Specimen Sample Book, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The cover inlaid with the title 'COLLECTIO MARMORUM' incorporating ebony, tulipwood and mahogany. The hinged wooden book having the appearance of gold pages and opening to reveal a t...
Category
1960s Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
VulpeConcept Contemporary Decor Wooden Table Sculpture
Located in Burlăceni, Cahul District
VulpeConcept Modern Decor — Wooden Table Sculpture
This handcrafted artwork by VulpeConcept artisans combines natural beauty with contemporary art. The table sculpture serves as a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brutalist European Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Italian Brass Plant Sculpture Mounted On Black Marquinia Marble
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Please read the entire description, as we strive to provide you with detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our items.
This elegant and distincti...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Brass
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
By Anthony 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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Gunmetal Hematite Crystal Mineral Specimen- England, UK
Located in Edison, NJ
Mankind has loved hematite for its sleek beauty and red undertones since its first discovery. It has been utilized as a reddening pigment by the ancient Egyptians, mined by the Etrus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
The message that Mirabili intends to portay involves well-known artist and designers, selected for their particular gifts and their poetic world, lending an innovative and sensitive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Antique Foldable Anatomical Brochure Depicting Human Anatomy
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A rare 19ct anatomical brochure illustrating the human anatomy. Very detailed multicoloured depiction of human organs like lung, heart, head and eye. By ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Cross with Fossil Agate Coral and Mounted on Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross with fossil agate coral and mounted on fossil coral.
The fossil agate coral and fossil coral are put together with the 18th century cross to lo...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Eastern Blue bird (Sialia sialis) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Chaumet Paris, a French Silver-Gilt Seahorse Mounted Rhodochrosite Cup
By Chaumet
Located in New York, NY
Chaumet Paris, A French Silver-Gilt Seahorse Mounted Rhodochrosite cup
Circa 1980.
An exceptional object
A quadrangular cut cup in rhodochrosite and the handle made of a sea...
Category
Late 20th Century Brutalist European Natural Specimens
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Gogotte Formation
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
A Gogotte Formation - The Hand Fontainbleau, France Oligocene Period Measurement Inc Stand. Gogottes are beautiful and beguiling mineral formations. They are rare and entirely natura...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the amphora-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
A diorama with fishes, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen: a marine diorama with two decoy fishes (Pterois volitans), a brunch, fan shaped, of Horny coral, starfish, and reef. The Specimens are mounted inside a glass...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Sphalerite From Spain // 2.35 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This sphalerite from the Troya mine in Spain features amazing color and gemminess. Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral and the primary ore of zinc and this huge specimen features incredi...
Category
2010s European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
17th Century Gold Leaf Fragment with Pyrophyllite and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with pyrophyllite in matrix and decorated with baroque pearls.
This fragment was originally a candlestick from a church in Italy. The pyrophy...
Category
17th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Natural Red Coral Mounted On 18th Century Gilt Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on 18th century wooden painted gold gilt fragment base.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
A pair of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of large branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on large octagonal alabaster bases with guilt bronze profile. Connection with a spherical bronze element...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Exquisite Fossil Wall Hanging Shell Display
Located in Scorton, GB
A genuinely extraordinary Pecten latissimus fossil shell mortality bedrock plate, expertly prepared by Benjamin Allison and prepared for wall display. This remarkable specimen measur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Limestone
Pair of White-Sand Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A big pair of fan-shaped white sand Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Natural Quartz Mineral Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Natural quartz mineral fragment.
Category
1960s Other Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Marine specimen: a pair of crabs, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of marine specimen crabs. The specimen, Splendid Round Red Crab (Etisus Splendidus) is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base painted brown. Italy...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll reading: pray to God for the soul, in devotion to the Archangel Gabriel. The painting is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Massive Italian Art Glass Apple by Murano Glass
By Bonetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful massive Italian art glass apple by Murano Glass, circa 1998. Stunning fluorite green color with sparkles of gold; the piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency European Natural Specimens
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair Natural Red Coral Mounted On 18th Century Giltwood Fragments
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of hand-crafted sculpture specimens of natural red coral branches mounted on a pair of 18th century wooden painted and gold gilt fragment ba...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Ammonite Fossil plate from Germany
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An exceptional Fossil Ammonite plate from Germany,Holzmaden area,
Ammonite Harpoceras,Jura
Jurassic Period, around 180 million Years old,
good patina and shine of the stone,
very dec...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Pressed French Botanical, circa 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French pressed botanical from 1897. For those of you that may be interested, we will be listings many more antique French botanical's in the c...
Category
1890s Country Antique European Natural Specimens
Framed Specimen Marbles, Italian, circa 1880
Located in Spencertown, NY
A Collection of 25 Samples with in a Verde Antico Border, with Wooden Frame, Italian, late 19th Century. Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”
Category
1880s Grand Tour Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Natural Red Coral Mounted On 18th Century Painted Wood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
Medium sized hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on 18th century wooden painted black fragment base. Perfect addition to your "Cabinet of Curiosities".
Category
20th Century Organic Modern European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
A branch of Mediterranean red coral on a Paesina stone base, Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped Paesina stone base, with a central body in the shape of a parallelepiped with a bronze profile intert...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Didactical Model of Cockchafer or May bug sold by the “ Denoyer-Geppert Company
Located in Leuven , BE
Beetle model (Melotontha vulgaris), strongly enlarged. One side shows the outer shape, the other the inner constitution and the viscera, legs and wings ca...
Category
Early 20th Century European Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Spectacular Marcasite Nodule Pyrite Fool's Gold Specimen Sphere France
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking pyrite nodule, originating from Northern France, boasts a captivating marcasite structure with a raw, rugged texture that shimmers with a unique metallic luster. Often ...
Category
20th Century Prehistoric European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Pyrite
Curtis Jere 1989 Tree Blossom Raindrops Circular Brass Sculpture with Wood Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A signed 1989 Curtis Jere circular tree blossom raindrops brass sculpture. This incredible vintage metal sculpture features a large circular ring design with wispy tree blossoms flow...
Category
1980s Vintage European Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
