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Place of Origin: Italian
Elegant Murano Glass Shell Sculpture in Ruby hues and Submerged Gold 1980s Italy
By Romano Donà
Located in Villaverla, IT
Elegant Murano Glass Shell Sculpture in Ruby hues and Submerged Gold 1980s Italy. The sculpture represents a red shell submersed in a thin and elegant transparent film of gold glass....
Category

1980s Art Deco Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns Measures: length 4.75 inches, width 4.25 inches, height 2 inches 1 in stock in Palm Spr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase with a Mica Cluster & Garnets
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment mounted with mica cluster with garnets on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It wa...
Category

17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Pair of 18th Century Italian Finial Bases with Agate Coral on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian finial bases with coordinating polished agate coral on a Lucite base. Florida’s state stone, agatized coral, began as li...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Napoleone Martinuzzi, a 'Pianta Grassa' sculpture, ca. 1930
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Zurich, CH
Napoleone Martinuzzi, a 'Pianta Grassa' sculpture, ca. 1930 green pulegoso glass, iridescent surface executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy 18 cm (height) signed with two-line acid ...
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1930s Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Murano Glass

2000s Italian Teal Gold Green Murano Art Glass Cactus Plant with Yellow Flowers
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, with lifelike organic modernist shape in teal green textured Murano glass highlighted by 3 large yellow blooming flowers with red center and overlayed in crystal clear, planted in a lime green Murano glass pot worked with pure gold, adding a pearl...
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2010s Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Gold

A pair of brecciated marble Paradise spheres, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of spheres in brecciated marble Paradise, resting on a circular bronze base with a wavy profile and a central excrescent disk. Italy, late 19th century.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Breccia Marble, Bronze

A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” stones spheres, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

A marine fossil “Mothership” sphere, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A marine fossil “Mothership” sphere, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” stones, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

Vintage Boho Italian Carved Wood Top Hat
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho wooden top hat. A chic hand tooled wood with beautiful wood grain detail. Made in Italy and marked inside. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Church Vase with Free-Formed Copper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' church vase topped with preserved, naturally free-forming copper. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from th...
Category

17th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Copper

OGGETTI MURANO HAND-CRAFTED Glass Aquatic Sculptures
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Pair of OGGETTI Italian Hand-Painted Glass Tropical Fish Sculptures, c. 1960 An elegant tribute to the art of Italian glassmaking, this pair of...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Blown Glass

Black and Green Cactus in Wire Mesh by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini
By Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Benedetta works in many materials but is most well known for her innovative and extraordinarily wire work. Each piece starts life as flat rolled chicken wire which is gradually shape...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wire

18TH Century Putti Statue
Located in San Angelo, TX
Absolutely breathtaking, one of a kind 18th century putti statue that stands upon a pedestal. Found and purchased in Lucca, Italy. In great condition for...
Category

18th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Opinion Ciatti Papavero Delicato Small Table Decoration
By Opinion Ciatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fragility and stability, lightness and solidity: those usually antithetical terms, Papaveri Delicati (Delicate Poppies), seem to be able to co-exist as in all the other creations of Gherardo Frassa. Small metal sculptures...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

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 Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

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 Post-Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Pair of Mineral Specimen: Calcite Flowers and Pyromorphite Crystals, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Pair of Naturalia mineral specimen: Calcite flowers and Pyromorphite crystals, mounted over a carved wooden base, vase shape, gold gilded. Italy around 1880.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian 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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Natural Specimen: a Native Copper and Vanadinite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druze of Vanadinite and native copper crystals, mounted over carved lacquered wooden base, brown color. Italy, circa 1880.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Copper

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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Art Glass

Finely Modeled Terracotta Capital with Cherubs, Late 19th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Florence, late 19th century Break repaired with old restoration (see photos) Dimensions: cm H 30 x L 33 x P 26.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Terracotta

Stuffed bird: (Tichodroma muraria), for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural Specimen from Wunderkammer stuffed bird (Tichodroma muraria) Wallcreeper on a fruitwood base painted black, with a paper scroll at the base reading: Specimen for laboratories...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood, Paper

A branch of a light blue mother of pores with shells, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen, with various examples of shells, is mounted on a column-shaped wooden base with gilded par...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

A large sphere of Aragonite stone, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A large sphere of Aragonite stone, resting on a base, made of silver which has a cup-shaped stand with a wavy profile that opens upwards with a concave surface. Italy circa 1870.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Silver

A sphere of Aragonite stone, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of Aragonite stone, resting on a base, made of silver which has a cup-shaped stand with a wavy profile that opens upwards with a concave surface. Italy circa 1870.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Silver

Post Social Wood Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wood hand crafted sculpture.
Category

1940s Arts and Crafts Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Fragment Base on Agate and Mounted with Mica and Tourmaline
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick base with natural-forming mica and tourmaline. The gilded fragment base was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian churc...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Pyrite

18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Pyrite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick with pyrite in matrix on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base. The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a ...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Pyrite

18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Mica in Matrix and Silver Leaf Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian base decorated with mica in matrix, and silver leaf shells on an antique metal base decorated with church vestment braid. The 18th century fragment ba...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Metal, Silver Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Candlestick Fragment with Galena and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with galena and pyrite deposits. The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in Italy...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Fragment with Pyrite in Matrix on Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian gilded candlestick fragment with pyrite in matrix on a polished agate base. The fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in ...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Candlestick on Barite Crystals, Copper and Fused Glass
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick with coordinating natural-forming copper and intertwined with fused glass and baroque pearls. It is on a matrix with tapering barite crystals from El...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Copper

18th Century Italian Gold Candlesticks with a Wallpaper Base and Polished Jasper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf wood candlestick with a coordinating antique wallpaper base decorated with polished jasper stones. The gold leaf cand...
Category

18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Multi-gemstone

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 Other Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Small Green Cactus with Black Plugs in Wire Mesh by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini
By Rossana Orlandi
Located in Milan, IT
Benedetta works in many materials but is most well known for her innovative and extraordinarily wire work. Each piece starts life as flat rolled chicken wire which is gradually shape...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wire

Coral Sculpture by Edizione Limitata
By Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Coral sculpture by Edizione Limitata Limited edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered. Designers: Simone Fanciullacci Dimensions: H 30 × W 12 × L 25 cm Materials: Travertine a...
Category

2010s Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Travertine, Metal

Coral Sculpture by Edizione Limitata
By Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Coral sculpture by Edizione Limitata Limited edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered. Designers: Simone Fanciullacci Dimensions: H 42 × W 12 × L 20 cm Materials: Travertine, ...
Category

2010s Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Travertine, Metal

Vintage Coastal La Vietrese Monumental Glazed Ceramic Under the Sea Vase
Located in west palm beach, FL
Infuse coastal elegance into your space with this vintage La Vietrese monumental glazed ceramic Under The Sea vase. Crafted with exquisite detail, this piece brings the ocean's beaut...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Marble Ball On Stand
Located in Tampa, FL
A turn of the century, Italian marble ball on a small black wooden base. The marble is polished and it is in great condition.
Category

Early 1900s Antique Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

21st Century Paonazzo Carrara Marble Collection Cactus Statue Gallery stock
Located in Carrara, IT
Cactus, is part of our Paonazzo statue family made in Carrara/ Italy. If placing it alone or with second one, it is definitely an eyecatcher! Its special material, Paonazzo Marble, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Carrara Marble

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 Other Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Driftwood

Set of 12 Porcelain Shells by Giovanni Garibaldi for Richard-Ginori
By Giovanni Gariboldi
Located in New York, NY
In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...
Category

1940s Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Porcelain

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