19th Century Natural Specimens
to
19
180
1,058
180
737
2,082
77
216
223
11
1
5
12
12
21
46
62
27
16
9
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
87
83
48
21
20
105
69
129
84
16
14
11
Height
to
Width
to
180
180
180
1
1
1
1
1
Period: 19th Century
Antique Wall Hanging Turtle Shell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty 19th century wall hanging turtle shell created by mother nature with its iconic form and unique organic patched color scheme.
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
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
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
$1,976 Sale Price
20% Off
Natural Lavender/ Purple Coral
Located in Houston, TX
Natural Lavender/Purple Coral.
Offered is a naturally colored lavender/purple coral.
This lovely piece of coral is great as a stand alone piece or could be grouped with other coral o...
Category
Oceanic Organic Modern Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Original botanical model of the Tulip flower Robert Brendel late 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Original Brendel botanical model of the Tulip flower made in Germany around the end of the 19th century by Robert Brendel (1821-1898). The flower is made of wood and papier mache and...
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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
French Country Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
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
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
South Pacific Natural Giant Clam Shell Specimen
Located in North Miami, FL
This giant Pacific clam shell is all natural and with wonderful details. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Category
Pacific Islands Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Silver
Natural Lavender/ Purple Coral
Located in Houston, TX
Rare Natural Purple/Lavender/White And Pink Coral.
Offered is a highly unusual naturally occurring multi-colored purple/lavender/white and pink coral together with fossils attached i...
Category
Pacific Islands Organic Modern Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair, Grand Tour Neoclassical Bronze & Marble Mounted Blue John Specimen Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, 19th century.
An exceptional and rare pair of Grand Tour period Neoclassical columns. Each column has a stepped bronze and white marble plinth and base that is separated b...
Category
British Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$15,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Enormous Old Witches Broom Burl Mounted Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A huge old witches broom burl from a very old conifer tree with massive proportions and beautifully aged color and surface. Mounted on a circular iron base...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
Italian Antique 19th Century 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
Italian Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Silver Chamberstick / Candleholder Hippocampus / Seahorse, 1837 Munich, Germany
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silver Chamberstick / candleholder hippocampus / seahorse, circa 1837 Munich, Germany.
This silver Chamberstick retain the original detachable snuffer.
We have specialized in the sa...
Category
German Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
German Silver Gilt and Shell Covered Nautilus Cup, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
With a figure of Neptune holding aloft a beautiful iridescent shell enclosed by three strap-work figures. The cover surmounted by three sea horses and...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Fruitwood
Natural Specimen Red Pipe Organ Coral
Located in Houston, TX
Natural specimen red pipe organ coral.
Offered is a lovely piece of organic Pacific red pipe organ specimen coral which revels different colors depending on which side it is viewed f...
Category
Pacific Islands Other Antique 19th Century 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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A ‘FANTASTICALLY’ RARE, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY and MUSEUM QUALITY Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes.
Made in Englan...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mahogany
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A collection of three 'Grand Tour' English / Italian polychrome marble plaques or paperweights, one rectangular; two of cartouche form, the 'Derbyshire' or 'Belgian Black' marble slabs inset with native English stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, and Jasper in 'ovoid' and 'kidney' form inlays.
Measurements :
Rectangular plaque: 8" by 4.63" by .88"
Cartouche plaque...
Category
English Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Antique Blanched Sea Shells Set/3
Located in Malibu, CA
Whelk Seashell 12”W, 7”D, 6”H
Half Clam Shell 10”W. 7”D, 4”H
Horned Helmet Conch9”L, 7”H, 7”W
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Fruitwood
Old Tree Trunk Sculpture Object
Located in Rochester, NY
An ancient looking tree trunk fragment that at first glance appears to be faux bois rather than real wood. Beautifully aged color and wear to surface from many years of exposure to t...
Category
Unknown Organic Modern Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
A marine specimen: the piranha fish, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxodermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Piranha fishes (Serrasalmus Brandtii). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a laquered wooden base black color. Italy cir...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Antique Real Skull of a Rabbit, Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Real Skull of a Rabbit, Germany ca. 1900s
An antique taxidermied skull of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) mounted on an ebonized wooden tur...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone, Wood
Pair of Red Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of red gorgonian branches from the Wunderkammer in the shape of a fan. The bases are in carved and silvered wood with heraldic crests. Italy,...
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Purple Sea Fan Coral Mounted on an Ebonised Base
Located in Hastings, GB
THIS CORAL CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED INSIDE THE UK, NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DUE TO RESTRICTIONS
Beautiful large natural vintage sea fan coral
Soft pinky / purple color
The coral is mou...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Belle Epoque Russian Carved Malachite Egg
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Impressive and large Russian malachite egg, carved from the solid. A timeless yet historic decorative object, which is a great addition to any sophistica...
Category
Russian Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite
$8,179 Sale Price
22% Off
19th Century Lidded Vessel or Sculptural Horn Decorated with Etched Pewter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Horn resting on three hand wrought pewter legs with a tip, collar and lid with hand crafted etching and details.
The horn is a compliment to any shelf, console table - a...
Category
Rustic Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Pewter
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
French 1930s Tôle and Glass Tree in Pot Sculpture with Orange and Yellow Fruits
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French tôle and glass tree in pot from the mid 20th century, with orange and yellow fruits. Created in France during the second quarter of the 20th century, this botanical sculptur...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Tôle
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
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic or World-bearing Turtle
Probably Germany, late 19...
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf
Natural specimen: with amethyst, mica and desert rose crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse with Amethyst, Mica and Desert rose crystals, mounted over a guild-plated wooden base on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Rock Crystal
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Iron Mailbox
Located in Dallas, TX
Impressive antique iron mailbox from late 19th century France.
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
$6,305
Antique Japanese Bamboo Kayakuire-Powder Flask , Edo Period.
Located in Leuven , BE
This artifact is an antique Kayakuire (火薬入れ), or gunpowder flask, a fascinating example of traditional Japanese craftsmanship. In feudal Japan, gunpowd...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
19th Century Signed Japanese Meiji Bronze Wave with Carrera Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully unique Meiji Bronze Wave - the details and techniques are very intricate. There are no missing pieces or damage. the piece is in very...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$2,880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Belgian Concrete Door Stop
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century Belgian concrete door stop is a distinctive piece with a striking, irregular form shaped by time and use. Its angular, almost pyramidal body showcases a richly aged...
Category
Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Concrete
A pair of Mediterranean red coral branches, copper bases, Italy 1870s.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia: a pair of Mediterranean red coral branches (Coralium Rubrum), mounted on vase-shaped embossed copper bases. Italy circa 1870.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Copper
Victorian Taxidermy Swan Head Mounted on a Carved Shield Wooden Plague
Located in London, GB
A wonderful Victorian taxidermy swan head with glass eyes and bright orange and black bill, mounted on a carved wooden shield and oak leaf plague.
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Amethyst Cluster on stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a beautiful cluster Amethyst on a metal stand, perfect addition to a bookshelf or mantel.
Amethyst is a semiprecious violet stone that is from the quartz vari...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed green Bengal bird (Amandava formosa Latham), mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Costello Mine Group, Gleeson, Arizona
Located in New York, NY
From Defiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Classic aesthetic specimen of lustrous sharp Wulfenite crystals in a s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Belgian Concrete Door Stop
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century Belgian concrete door stop is a humble yet evocative artifact of utilitarian design. Cast in a tapered cylindrical form, its surface is richly weathered with natura...
Category
Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Concrete
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Silver
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Natural Specimen: Cubic Pyrite and Fluorite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A fluorite crystals and cubic pyrite cristals mounted over a guild-plated and lacquered wooden base with leaves decorati...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
19th Century Belgian Concrete Door Stop
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century Belgian concrete door stop features a rugged, angular form that highlights its utilitarian origins and enduring character. The hand-hewn block of concrete exhibits ...
Category
Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Concrete
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Tessellated Chest
Thai Deity
Thai Monk
Three Hands Bowl
Tiffany Art Glass Signed
Tin Bank
Transistor Vintage
Triangle Glass Bowl
Two Over Three Chest
Unique Furniture Makers
Unusual Display Cabinet
Used Bonsai Pots
Used Glass Display Counter
Used Glass Display Counters
Used Ice Chests
Used Shaving Brush
Usm Haller Vintage
Venetian Glass Animals