1940s Natural Specimens

Unique Jade sculpture of grape vine in spinach Jade vase with jadeite grapes Chinese handcarved. Sculpture on green marble stand. Exceptional craftsmanship. From a private Florida co...

Beautiful Large Natural Highly Decorative Sea Shell. Great for decorating! I purchased a collection of Sea Shells from a antique store in Newport.

Sculpted natural stone tablet on base. Beautiful on a custom tripod with an antique character. A stone that has in its natural palette, shades of pink, blue and gray-brown. A true pa...

Large Beautiful and Highly Decorative Natural Sea Shell. I purchased a collection of large shells from an antique store in Newport.

Circa 1940s sculptural driftwood table lamp with organic form and large size. Beautiful, natural patina and good age present. Mahogany oval base has been refinished; driftwood is i...

Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.

Delicate sodalite semiprecious stone tree on a rose quartz mineral rock.

1940s Vintage Carved Water Buffalo Horn Hand Carved and Detailed Sculpture of a Parrot / Bird on a Wood base Colors: Black, Tan, Natural Wood.

Made in Italy, 1940s. This transparent murano glass vase features a Pulegoso glass fruit. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considere...

Italian wood hand crafted sculpture.

Large anatomical model of a cockchafer (Melolontha) made out of wood, plastic, paper mache Two-part outer cover with small hooks, insertable and painted wings, movable legs The rem...

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...