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Period: 19th Century
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, ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

Extraordinary Chinese Scholar Ying Stone on Stand with Collector Seal
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a vertical Chinese scholar rock balanced on a carved wood display stand. The specimen is a wonderful example of Ying (or Yingde) stone, one of the four famed stone types known to Chinese literati and a less common type than Lingbi or Taihu. Gray in color, it has an extraordinary upright form rising from a small stem, like an "Avatar Mountain" peeking out of the mist. Visually it feels impossible for the stone to balance on its thin stem and the wood base. The illusion is due to the thickness of the depth which is not immediately visible from front or back. This type of exotic form was highly desired by the collector. The surface is remarkable with pronounced schisms, gullies, folding lines, with several formation of openings that give it a grotto and airy feel. Different sceneries are revealed when viewed from different angles, making this one of the most intriguing stones in Tishu Gallery...
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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

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 ...
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Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

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.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

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.
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American Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

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...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

Pair Of 1890s Brown Marble Obelisks With Carved Floral Motif
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1890s carved marble obelisks with floral motif.
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Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

Fine Antique Irish Knobkerrie Stick Very Collectable and Primative One of Two
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this fine antique Irish Knobkerrie stick A lovely primitive piece, used by shepherds in the late Victorian era right the way up until today D...
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Irish Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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...
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Central Asian Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Italian Marble Sculpture of a Cherub Forging Love by Pio Fedi
By Pio Fedi
Located in Lantau, HK
Considered by his contemporaries as one of the most distinguished and talented sculptors of his time, Pio Fedi, who produced many works for European monarchs,...
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Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

Pair Of Chinese Hardstone Guardian Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of hand carved Chinese Jade hardstone Foo Lions or Fu Dogs. This pair of Chinese spinach jade appears to be a nephrite, covered vases having a figural foo lion design with raise...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Jade

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Aythya marila) gray duck small plunger mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory an...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Taxidermy marine specimen: a Stingray fish, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Stingray (Raja Clavata). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and tilts a...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

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

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 ...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

A sphere of red jasper, mounted on a brass base, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of red jasper resting on a base, made of brass that has a vase-shaped support with a wavy profile that opens upwards with a concave top. Italy end of 19th century.
Category

Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

19th Century Belgian Concrete Door Stop
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century Belgian concrete door stop is a robust example of utilitarian form turned sculptural artifact. Cylindrical in shape with a subtly ribbed texture around its sides, t...
Category

Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

A sphere of red jasper, mounted on a brass base, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of red jasper resting on a base, made of brass that has a vase-shaped support with a wavy profile that opens upwards with a concave top. Italy end of 19th century.
Category

Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Sturnus vulgaris) European starling mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and N...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Pair of Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of late 19th century Grand Tour Obelisks. The mouldings in Carara, the plint in Sienna, the plaque in Lapis Lazuli and the obelisks themselves in onyx.
Category

Italian Victorian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Onyx, Marble

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...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

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

Group of 3 19th Century Italian Fragments
Located in Dallas, TX
Interesting set of 3 Italian fragments with shells and quartz. A nice decorative group of accessories. Very unique! 24 x 10w
Category

Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Chinese Gray Scholar's Rock
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese Gray Scholar's Rock, of naturalistic form, on early 19th century rosewood stand.
Category

Chinese Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Great Spotted Red woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for labo...
Category

Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Antique Semi-Precious Stone and Silver-Gilt Egg Model
Located in London, GB
Antique semi-precious stone and silver-gilt egg model Continental, Late 19th Century Height 19cm, diameter 8cm This superb decorative egg model is inset ...
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European Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Silver

Black Forest Wood Carving of a Mountain Goat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A charming small ‘Black Forest’ wood carving of a mountain goat and her kids.    
Category

Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Pair of Parian Figures, Young England & Young England's Sister
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Copeland Parian Figures, Young England & His Sister. A very good pair of Copeland figures, Parian Ware, entitled 'Young England' and 'Young England's Sister'. Both figures cast by the sculptor George Halse. Young England is seen reading a book with a cricket bat resting behind him, whilst his sister is holding a book and pencil with a croquet mallet and ball behind her. found on their bases 'Young England, Copeland M91, Copyright Reserved, G. Halse Sc' & 'Young England.s Sister, Copeland N96, Copyright Reserved'. 'Parian' is the name now used for a form of porcelain developed in England in the early 1840's essentially designed to imitate carved marble. It is a high quality unglazed porcelain, a type of bisque porcelain, prepared in a liquid form and cast in a mould. This was at the time when large marble statues...
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English Sporting Art Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Porcelain

Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Small Sculpture of a Nude Boy on Malachite Base, Benjamin Schlick Mid-19th Cent
By Benjamin Schlick
Located in New York City, NY
A fine quality mid-19th century silver electroplate sculpture of a nude male figure after the antique, on original malachite base. A classica...
Category

European Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite

Stuffed Bullfinch Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Bullfinch, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Bullfinch on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Naturalist...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Natural Specimen Desert Rose and Red Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A desert rose crystals and red crystals mounted over a wooden gilded base in the shape of a vase, Italy, circa 1880.
Category

Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

Pair of White Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of sand-white gorgonian branches from the Wunderkammer in the shape of a fan. The bases are in carved and silvered wood in the shape of a vas...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

A pair of diorama with hermit crabs, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen a pair of marine diorama with Hermit Crab (Pagurus Bernhardus) a brunch, fan shaped of Horny coral, reef, shells. The Specimens are mounted inside a glass...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Stuffed Robin Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Erithacus rubecula) Robin on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Naturalista. ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Streptopelia turtur) Dove on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cab...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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.
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Silver

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Sandpiper (Tringa subarcuata) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
These 31 Brazilian amulets, or balangada, were hammered from sheets of silver in the 19th century to form pomegranates, sugar apples, guava, and other...
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Brazilian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Silver

Double botanical model of the Rosa Canina flower Robert Brendel late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Double botanical model of the Rosa Canina flower made around the end of the 19th century by Robert Brendel (1821-1898). The flower is made of wood and papier mache and each one break...
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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 captures the quiet elegance of utilitarian design aged by time and use. Formed in a low cylindrical shape, its surface reveals a rich, mo...
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Belgian Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

Antique French Iron Plant Sculpture Centerpiece, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
One of a kind handmade French antique iron plant sculpture of a potted plant. A small pot sprouts tall, languid iris stems and leaves. The entire piece...
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French Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

Double botanical model of the flower of the Field Maple Robert Brendel late 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Double botanical model of the flower of the Field Maple made in Germany around the end of the 19th century by Robert Brendel (1821-1898). The flower is made of wood and papier mache ...
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Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Black Forest Carving of Bucket of Grapes, Stump
Located in Vista, CA
Black forest carving of a bucket of grapes on a tree stump, late 19th century.
Category

French Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

RARE ITALIAN SCULPTURE WITH SILVER, GOLD AND A CAMEO 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE ITALIAN SCULPTURE WITH SILVER AND GOLD 19th Century fossil with silver and gold mount and cameo in volcanic lava. Signs of use. Dim.: 17 x 14 cm
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Italian Art Deco Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Gold, Silver

Skull Lapis Lazuli Sculpture Minature
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Late 19th-early 20th century lapis lazulli skull - Object of curiosity and wonder from a collector's cabinet of curiosities and wonder. Measures: 2" long, 1.75" high Cabinets o...
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German Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Otter and Loss, Taxidermy in a Glass Machine, London Piccadilly
Located in Lisboa, PT
Otter and loss - Taxidermy in a glass machine - London Piccadilly, Rowland Ward Ld. 19th Century. Taxidermy is the art and process of preserving, mounting, and displaying animal spe...
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British Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Glass

Late 19th Vienna Bronze Representing "Locust"
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th Vienna bronze representing "Locust".
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Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in New Orleans, LA
These impressive Egyptian Revival obelisks are crafted of dynamically patterned agate. The rare 19th-century models were almost certainly made in Italy during the height of the Grand Tour when the fervor for all things ancient pervaded the decorative arts. Rich in neoclassical elegance yet possessing an exotic worldliness, pieces such as these were extremely popular as Grand Tour souvenirs among members of the British aristocracy...
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Italian Egyptian Revival Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate

Neoclassical Grand Tour Italian Solid Marble Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour solid marble green & brown obelisk Italy, Late 19th Century Measures: 3.18"W x 3.18"D x 11.5"H. Very good original vintage condition. Minor s...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

Very Big cattle’s horns, Native American, Stanta Fè, NM, 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
A Native American stage of long horns of cattle, mounted on a wooden support, covered in saddle leather, hand-printed on the surface with a design in relief, depicting a head of catt...
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American Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Horn, Leather

Set of 24 Specimen Stones of Various Types and Shapes
Located in London, GB
This set contains 24 marble specimens, the specimens including serpentine, granite, and Poltesco marble from Cornwall. The specimens take various shapes, including perfectly formed b...
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English Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Granite, Marble, Serpentine

Antique Ugo Cipriani 36" bronze sculpture on Marble Base of reclining woman Nude
Located in Pasadena, TX
Beautiful Bronze by Art deco sculptor Cipriani . Very beautiful classic reclining nude , with masterfully executed details . Clear artist signature signed in the bronze and on marble...
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Art Deco Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Two Japanese Bronze Shells
Located in New York, NY
These charming bronze shells were cast in Japan in the 19th century. They lived for many years in the collection of the Paris artist Pierre Le-Tan. One of...
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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Coco de Mer Polished 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...
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Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

French Palissy François Maurice Majolica Lobster Wall Plaque, Circa 1870
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Palissy School of Paris Majolica hanging wall plaque, France, modeled by François Maurice, circa 1870-1875. Modeled from life, this extremely dimensional and realistic piece is gl...
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French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Earthenware

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