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Place of Origin: Italian
Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Circular Chessboard Plaque Pietra Dura 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely crafted circular pietra dura plaque, likely originating from Italy during the mid-to-late 19th century, this specimen marble and hardstone inlaid chessboard combines decorat...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Pressed Botanicals Set of (9) Mounted in Old Window Frame Italian Dated 1913
Located in Chicago, IL
Pressed Italian Botanicals Set of (9) Mounted in an Old Window Frame with great old paint. We were fortunate enough to purchase two old window frames that probably some very clever i...
Category
1960s Country Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Italian Alabaster Marble Egg Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
An Italian oversized egg-shaped alabaster marble sculpture in pink and neutral hues, in the Modern design style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. A great decorative object. Very good c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Italian Gilded Fragments with Fossil Coral and Shells 'Group of 8'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Group of sculptural 19th century Italian gilded fragments mounted with fossil coral and adorned with hand-gilded shells with rock coral bases.
This exclusive eight-piece collection ...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Gold Leaf
1950s Plaster Anatomic School Study of a Human Hand
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A unique piece of academic art, this vintage plaster sculpture is a school study of a human hand. Dating from the 1950s, it was likely used in an art class or a medical school for an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Italian Marble Egg Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) Italian marble egg sculptures, in the Modern style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Eggs include marble, alabaster and T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,450 / set
Monumental Italian Hollywood Regency Solid Bronze Clam Shell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a monumental Italian bronze clam shell sculpture. When examining the exterior, it almost appears to be a patinated bronze. The interior is a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Bronze
Two Large Malachite Eggs on Brass Stands
Located in Somis, CA
Set of two splendid malachite eggs. Hand crafted and polished, displaying fantastic various natural patterns of swirls and stripes. A stone of transforma...
Category
20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite
$650 Sale Price / set
63% Off
Handmade Sicilian Ceramic Pine Nut Italian Pottery
Located in Palermo, PA
This exquisite handmade Sicilian ceramic pine nut is a timeless symbol of prosperity, good fortune, and Mediterranean heritage. Crafted by skilled artisans in Sicily, each piece is m...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
A big diorama with crystals, butterflies and flowers, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A large cabinet of curiosities diorama with natural crystal specimens and multicolored butterflies, mounted under an oval blown glass bell jar, with a black lacquered poplar base. An...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base with sea shell trim.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
MidCentury Fine Carved Gilded Wooden Bamboo Style Wall Mirror w. Beveled Glass
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking Italian faux bamboo hand carved frame with a thick beveled mirror.
Via one of our foreign contacts we recently purchased this practical and handcrafted wall mirror from the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
An important diorama depicting a marine environment, Italy circa 1830.
Located in Milan, IT
An important Italian diorama in a rectangular display case depicting a complex marine environment. The large wooden cabinet, crafted from Italian walnut, is shaped like a parallelepi...
Category
1820s Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, 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 Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Gold Flower Reliefs & Golden Barite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian fragments with a gold flower relief decorated with natural forming baroque pearls to emulate the flower on a matrix of barite and double terminated calci...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Seashell 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
Mid-20th Century Other Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
$577 Sale Price
60% Off
Large Italian White Ceramic Monkey With Banana Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Large Italian white glazed terracotta Chimpanzees with bananas on hands sculpture.
Shows minor wear consistent with age.
Measurements:
26.75” High, 20” Wide, 18” Deep.
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Terracotta
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Silver
Antique Italian Grand Tour Style Pietra Dura Floral Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Florentine pietra dura hardstone panel dating to the early or mid 20th century set within its original ebonized wood frame and retaining its brass hanging loop. The composi...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Serpentine
Natural Quartz Mineral Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Natural quartz mineral fragment.
Category
1960s Other Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Large Italian Clam Shell
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian clam shell. Large sculptural shell in Scagliola with natural patina, Italy, early 20th century.
Dimensions: 32" W x 20" D x 9.5" H.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Scagliola
$2,980
18th Century Italian Cross on a Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian cross mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and a cross-shaped baroque pearl. The piece is inspired by ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Crystal, Gold Leaf
Natural Red Pipe Coral Specimen #1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural specimen of red coral reef. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great size for displaying in any decor.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
A branch of japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of naturalia from Wunderkammer. A branch of Japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), mounted on a wooden base, holds a palm tree in the shap...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
A pair of branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), Sicily 1790
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of large branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum). Gilt bronze bases with phytomorphic calyx stem. Connection with an oval element in Lapis Lazuli and two spirals ...
Category
1790s Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, an house sparrow, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Natura...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
By Mirabili, Ettore Sottsass
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
18th Century Italian Bases with Polished Fossil Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian (Region of Puglia) painted and bronzed bases decorated with a matching pair of polished fossil coordinating ammonites with ruffled copper on a copper in a matrix...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Copper
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Antique 19th Century Italian Carved Cameo Conch Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite and unique, this Italian intricately hand-carved conch shell depicting the Roman goddess of Day and Night dates back to the 19th century and showcases the exceptional craft...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Red crossbill (Loxia Curvirostra) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natu...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
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 is known. These gemmy, fully formed single sulfur crystals...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
$20,000
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral
Vintage Italian Silvered Nautilus Shell By Ruzzetti & Gow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century Italian nautilus shell enhanced with silver plate overlay and presented on a silvered faux rock base. Signed Ruzzetti & Gow on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver Plate
Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.
Category
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
17th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Gilded Crown with Himalayan Diamonds
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian hand-carved and gilded crown adorned with herkimer diamonds and mounted on an antique gold base.
This was original from a historical Italian church and would ha...
Category
17th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Metal
Massive Natural Red Pipe Coral Specimen #4
Located in Bradenton, FL
Massive natural specimen of red coral reef. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great size for displaying in any decor.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Natural Red Coral Mounted On 18th Century Gilt Wood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on 18th century gilt wood fragment base. 11.5 inches in height. Perfect for your "Cabinet of Curiosities".
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
A 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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Fruitwood
A 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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Fruitwood
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Vittorio Constantini Rare Venetian Murano Lampwork Glass Wasp Figure
By Vittorio Constantini
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and incredible life like and sized Italian Venetian lampwork glass model of a bee made by renowned and acclaimed glass maker Vittorio Costanti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Three Large Italian Marble Eggs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique set of three large Italian polished marble egg specimens from Italy. Beautifully hand-formed and each having a slightly different color. The exquis...
Category
20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
$1,000 / set
Signed Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful signed hand carved cameo on conch shell made in Italy, circa 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 5.5" W x 4.5" D x 3...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Bird with Calcite Crystal in a Sphalerite Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded bird on a cut phantom calcite crystal base. The missing wing of the bird has been replicated with a rare coordinating calcite crystal clus...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Crystal, Gold Leaf
Very Large Red Coral Specimen #3
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very large natural specimen of red pipe coral. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great large size ...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Italian Mid-Century Monumental Carved Wood Painted Sea Shell
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 2oth century hand carved wood sea shell painted in white with an ocher wash. This impressive piece will make a unique decoration for the Hampton's, Palm Beach, Malibu home or bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
$2,850 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Formia 1990s Vintage Italian Green Murano Glass Cactus Plant with White Flower
By Formia Murano
Located in New York, NY
1990 Italian highly collectible glass cactus plant of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, signed Formia, with modern Minimalist design, in a lifelike organic Modernist shape in overlaid moss green Murano glass highlighted with prickles in relief, and decorated with a white glass flower...
Category
1990s Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold
Antique Italian Alabaster Pendant Light with Impressive Hand Carved Putti Decor
Located in Lisse, NL
Large early 1900s handcrafted, natural mineral stone with bronze hardware light fixture.
It is difficult to understand how they created such a perfect, circular shape pendant out of...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Pair of 18th Century Italian Dancing Angels with Baroque Pearls on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian dancing angels with coordinating baroque pearls on aragonite crystal clusters.
The dancing angels are hand-carved wood, polychromed and gilded, original...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Murano glass shell Archimede Seguso mid-century design.
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Palermo, IT
Add a touch of exquisite Italian elegance to your home with this stunning Murano glass shell, attributed to celebrated master glassmaker Archimede Seguso. Recently purchased in an on...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Murano Glass, Stained Glass
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 Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
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 ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
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