19th Century Natural Specimens
to
17
186
1,083
186
741
2,125
80
210
223
12
1
5
12
13
21
44
64
27
17
10
5
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
90
85
50
22
20
108
72
134
88
17
14
12
Height
to
Width
to
186
186
186
1
1
1
1
1
Period: 19th Century
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
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
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
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
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
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Gold Leaf
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
$682 Sale Price / set
30% 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
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
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
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
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
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
A specimen from Wunderkammer: the tail of a barracuda fish. Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen from Wunderkammer: the tail of a barracuda fish (sphyraena barracuda). An example of a natural specimen intended to be suspended, consists of the tail of a barracuda (sphy...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Anas querquedula) Garganey mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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
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
Quartz Rock Crystal of a Chinese Goddess
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare Carving of a Goddess seated inside of a large Quartz Rock Crystal . Hard to see any details in the photos . No signature found . The stone is appox 9" across an...
Category
Central Asian Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Brass
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of Parrots Standing on Branches W/ Cherries
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and large pair of antique meissen porcelain figures of colorful parrots, each standing on a tree branch with cherries and beautiful foliage after a model by J. J. Kandl...
Category
German Rococo Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Horn and Gilt Brass Mounted Cornucopia with Cover
Located in Southall, GB
A fine horn and gilt brass mounted Cornucopia with cover.
19th century.
Supported on a cast stand on a square base.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
$717 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Natural specimen: a pair of amethyste and calcite flowers crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A pair of amethiste and calcite flowers crystals druzes, mounted over guild-plated wooden bases on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Rock Crystal
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
$8,251 Sale Price
22% Off
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
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
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
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
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Brass
Coco de Mer on custom stand
Located in MILL, NL
Coco de mer is the Palm with the largest coconuts in the world. It grows only on the Seychelles islands of Curieuse and Praslin.
The Coco de mer's place of growth was only discovere...
Category
Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Natural Specimen, the Iguana Skeleton, Italy 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of an iguana skeleton from the Wunderkammer The specimen is twisted into a circle and hung from a string. Italy, circa 1890.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone, String
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
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
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
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
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Brother Thomas Pottery
Brush Pot Japan
Buffet With Leather Doors
Carnaby Vintage
Carriage Chest
Cartier Cigarette Box
Carved India Horses
Carved Large Santos
Carved Nutcracker
Carved Wood Bird Shelf
Carved Wood Bishop
Catherine De Medici
Cavalli Plates
Cera Glassware
Ceramic Snake Sculpture
Ceramic Totem By Ettore Sottsass
Chelsea Anchor
Cherry Chippendale Dresser