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Period: Mid-20th Century
Unusual Wooden Sculpture with Iron Stand
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
The sculpture is unique in its handmade quality and form.
Category

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

Materials

Iron

Large Vintage Stand Alone Coral Sculpture Centerpiece Chinese Hard-Wood Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large vintage stand alone coral sculpture centerpiece Chinese hard-wood stand.
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Stoneware Egg Sculpture White & Brown Concrete by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category

French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Egg Sculpture Gray & Green by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category

French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Resin Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of resin Good original condition.
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Resin

Assortment of Decorative Shells
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Assortment of Decorative Shells of all species including Queen, spider conchs, brain and branch coral, all great for decorative use. Small natural losses but overall very nice...
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Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Sculptural Japanese Keyaki Wood Partition in the Style of Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Japanese keyaki wood partition in the style of Nakashima.
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Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Hardwood

Vintage Ram's Horn, English, Mounted Display Piece, 20th Century, circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage ram's horn. An English, mounted display piece, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Distinctive countryside decor Displaying a desirable aged patina Ra...
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English Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Horn

Mid Century Scalloped White Onyx and Lapis Bowl with Footed Base
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning mid century scalloped white onyx and lapis lazuli bowl with footed pedestal base. Finely carved with delicate scalloped shape, in an exceptional quality of stone.
Category

Brazilian Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Precious Stone

Maison Jansen Palm Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
With detachable fronds. Nickel plated metal. Dimensions variable.
Category

French Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal, Nickel

Pair of European Midcentury Horns Mounted on Silver and Black Stepped Bases
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of European midcentury horns mounted on stepped bases. Capturing our attention with their great presence, each of this pair of horns is mounted on a stepped base showcasing si...
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European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Vintage Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian spherical onyx desk paperweight, in natural neutral hues / Made in Italy circa 1970s Measures: diameter 4 inches 1 in stock in Palm Springs ON 50% OFF SALE for $199 !...
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Italian Modern Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Onyx

Large Anatomical Removable Model Cockchafer Beetle Melolontha 1930 German
Located in Epfach, DE
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...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Mid Century Scalloped White Onyx and Rhodonite Bowl with Footed Base
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning mid-century scalloped white onyx and rhodonite bowl with footed pedestal base. Finely carved with delicate scalloped shape, in an exceptional quality of stone.
Category

Brazilian Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Precious Stone

Pair of French Midcentury Palm Tree Sculptures in Black Tapering Pots
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French vintage painted tôle palm tree sculptures from the mid 20th century, with tapered pot and lion ring pulls. Created in France during the midcentury period, each of this pair of foliage sculptures depicts a palm tree planted...
Category

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

Materials

Tôle

Murano Glass Vase with Pulegoso Glass Fruit Ascribable to Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
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...
Category

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

Materials

Murano Glass

Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage School Teaching Display Wheat Corn and its Products A vintage glass showcase illustrating the wheat corn and products made out of wheat...
Category

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

Materials

Glass, Wood

1950s Dutch Rare Mummified Veterinary Calf Foetus Specimen Curiosity
Located in Haarlem, NL
A little bit creepy but very beautiful this petrified unborn cow baby mummy. Calf mummification occurs when a cow foetus dies inside the womb for to some reason and instead of expelling the foetus like normal, it dehydrates due to the absorption of amniotic fluids and mummifies in the mother’s body over time. Cows carrying a mummified calf...
Category

Dutch Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Leather

Display Box of Green and Yellow Emperor Ulysses Butterflies, Belgium, 1960s
Located in Brussels , BE
Display box of green and yellow Emperor Ulysses butterflies belgium decade of the 60s.
Category

Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass

Stylized Murano Horse Head Sculpture in Sommerso Glass
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great Murano horse sculpture in clear and grey Sommerso glass. Manufactured circa 1970. possibly by Ermanno Nanson, Murano. See: Von Zezschwitz Kunst un...
Category

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

Materials

Art Glass

Vintage Grand Tour Painted Concrete Hercules Pedestal- a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage concrete Hercules statues. They are great alone or add a stone top for the chicest garden console ever. Acquired from a Palm ...
Category

North American Grand Tour Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Concrete

Lenci, Italian Ceramic Design Helen Scavini Konig Ragazza di Harrar
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lenci, Italian ceramic Design: Helen Scavini Konig Ragazza di Harrar, 1936 Size: 54 cm in 21.7 Very good condition.
Category

Albanian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Dachshund Dog
Located in New York, NY
An Antique Meissen Porcelain figure of a Dachshund dog, with double blue crossed swords mark under-glaze. This is a very well portrayed Dachs...
Category

German Rococo Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Instructional Mushroom Model
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage instructional mushroom model from an art school in France. Entire set pictured together in last three images.
Category

French Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

Large Driftwood Sculpture, 1970s
Located in L'Escala, ES
Large driftwood sculpture, Spain, 1970s. In very good vintage condition. Inside or outside.
Category

Spanish Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Driftwood

Mid Century Head Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid century bronze sculpture of the head Marble base is. Vintage condition.
Category

Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Selection of Midcentury Marble Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of midcentury marble lamps, American, circa 1950s. From left to right in the first photo, they are: 1) Variegated round marble lamp in gr...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble, Metal

Mid Century Electric Blue Hand Blown Murano Glass Flower Sculpture
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning electric blue Murano glass flower sculpture, with gold leaf incorporated into the glass and rich blue tone. Beautifully crafted by h...
Category

Italian Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid Century Brutalist Bronze and Amethyst Sculpture with Bird and Cactus
Located in Toronto, ON
A unique bronze and amethyst sculpture in a truly Brutalist / organic style treatment with a fine, raw surface patina. Bird, textured brush and cactus motifs are abstracted in cast b...
Category

American Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Bronze

Set of Three Swedish Mid-Century Herbariums Botanicals in Dark Bamboo Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of three Swedish framed herbariums botanicals from the mid-20th century. These Swedish herbariums from the 1930s and 1950s are featured in black...
Category

Swedish Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Faux Bamboo, Paper

Stoneware Egg Green & Black-Tone Glaze by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category

French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Seashell Tissue Holder Cover Box
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful vintage seashell [sea shell] tissue box holder cover, circa 1960s. Box is wood and covered with scallop shells and other seashells. ...
Category

North American Victorian Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood

Framed Set of Four Herbaria
Located in Houston, TX
Framed set of four vintage herbaria, (circa 1930-1949, Sweden). Each herbarium (botanical) measures: 15.75 inches high x 9.5 inches wide and floats within a...
Category

Swedish Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

1960’s Very Large Industrial Casting Foundry Mould, 'Mould 1080.9'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.9) 1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.9). We recently cleared the Victorian warehouses of ...
Category

English Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Large Chinese Carved Coral Figural Group of Lady Immortals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive large Imperial quality Chinese hand carved coral figural group depicting four female immortals with flowers, foliage and birds. Incredib...
Category

Chinese Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Mid Century Modern Italian Carved Wood Painted Sea Shell, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
A very cool mid century Italian hand carved wooden sea shell with white painted surface. The surface impasto gives this piece a tactile appeal, you just want to touch. Perfect decora...
Category

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

Materials

Wood

Mexican Sterling Silver Brooch Antonio Pineda
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mid-Century Modern sterling silver brooch with three amethyst gem stones by Mexican Taxco silversmith Antonio Pineda (1919-2009). The lovely piece was created in the form of a peapod with amethyst as the peas. It is marked verso model number #PR571 Antonio Pineda stamp and .970 silver...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Sterling Silver

Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category

Central African Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Mid 20th Century Concrete Discus Thrower Statue
Located in west palm beach, FL
Brilliant life size Greek discus thrower. Super impressive in person. Made of concrete and has a vintage patina. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

North American Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

Substantial Driftwood Table Lamp on Mahogany Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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...
Category

American Primitive Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Driftwood, Mahogany

Midcentury Iron Sculpture with Amethyst Stone
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian sculpture. Measurements: Height:47" Width: 24" Depth: 20" Base: 11" x 17".  
Category

Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

Giant Organic and Natural Wood Burl Ball
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bring nature indoors. Large ball of natural burl wood.
Category

American American Craftsman Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Burl

Tall French Midcentury Cattail Sculpture Mounted on a Black Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large French metal cattail sculpture from the mid 20th century, with square base. Created in France during the midcentury period, this tall cattail...
Category

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

Materials

Metal

Italian Mid-Century Monumental Carved Wood Painted Sea Shell
Located in Stamford, CT
Large scale hand carved sea shell painted in white with an ocher wash. This impressive piece will make a unique decoration for the Hamptons home or beach...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Very Decorative Midcentury Lacquered Wooden Scale Model of an Atom
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This large miniature version of an atom contains 20 balls on 4 levels, so 5 balls per level. They are intertwined by woorden sticks. In the heart of the atom sits a bigger moving ball made of a darker kind of wood. This midcentury atom comes from the cabinet of a retired house doctor.
Category

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

Materials

Wood

Egg in a Lovely Speckled Green-Tone Glaze Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 30 cm (11,6") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition. Hedberg ...
Category

French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Miniature Natural Amber Squirrel
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Miniature carved squirrel from light colored natural amber (not resin as the material list is listing)
Category

Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Resin

Vintage School Teaching Display of Usefull Insects
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A classical vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating usefull insects (insects as producers, insects pollinating flowers, insect sanitary police and insects annihil...
Category

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

Materials

Glass, Wood

Natural Quartz Mineral Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Category

Italian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

1960s Emil Milan Rosewood Brass Table Lighter Sculpture American Studio Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and rare large table lighter by Emil Milan in E.T. rosewood. Lighter is not functioning, will need flint and fuel.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

1950s Midcentury Design English Anatomical Models University
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Set of two amazing anatomical models university, circa 1950s. Measurements from left: height 30 cm, 23 cm.
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Egg in Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France, Scandinavian Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in very good condition except from s...
Category

French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Decorative Iridescent Ceramic 'Elephant Tusk' Horn
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant pair of 'Elephant Tusk' horn, made of iridescent ceramic, mounted on ceramic base. Decorative ornaments for your desk, dresser or in front ...
Category

Italian Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Decorative Objects
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two turn-of-the-century Italian ivory-colored coral specimens, mounted on traditional black urn-shaped decorative bases. Sculptural and organic, the pair is a celebration of nature's...
Category

Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Anglo Indian Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Butterfly Paperweight
Located in Stamford, CT
White marble paperweight with beautiful colored burnt orange and greenish gray marble inlay with mother of pearl highlights in the form of a butterfly. Mid-20th century Anglo-Indian,...
Category

Indian Anglo-Indian Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble

1960’s Very Large Industrial Casting Foundry Mould, 'Mould 1080.12'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.12) 1960s very large industrial casting foundry mould (Mould 1080.12). We recently cleared the Victorian warehouses of ...
Category

English Vintage Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Pair of Fossil Specimens
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Orthoconic Cephalopods towers or fossilized squid specimens carefully cut from stone and polished to reveal these remarkable organic sculptures.
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Canadian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Rare Sculpture by Angelo Lelii & Naborre Corno for Arredoluce
Located in New York, NY
Brass, horsehair. Fantastic studio-made sculpture of 30 long-stem brass flowers with horsehair centers. Good original condition. Loss to horsehair on some flowers and overall oxida...
Category

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

Materials

Brass

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