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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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Complete Slice of Imilac Meteorite
Located in London, GB
This complete cross-sectional slice from the Imilac meteorite has been prepared to reveal shimmering olivine and peridot gems embedded in an iron-nick...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Other

Edmontosaurus Skull
Located in London, GB
An impressive skull of an Edmontosaurus, a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, 68-66 million years ago. The three rows of sixty or more teeth on either side of the jaw, known as the ‘dental battery’, mark the Edmontosaurus as part of the Hadrosauridae, or duckbill family of dinosaurs. It belongs to the flat-skulled, or solid-crested, Hadrosaurinae, which replaced the older hollow-crested hadrosaurs. Edmontosaurus was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs to ever exist, living shortly before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The Edmontosaurus was named in 1917 by Lawrence Lambe, after a partial specimen from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. The existence of large Edmontosaur bone beds...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Bone

Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th century In forging, measurements: 10 x 17 x 5 cm Good condition Spanish private collection.
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Iron

18th Century Neoclassical Bronze Doré Sculpture of Woman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A masterful large classical statue in cast bronze of a beautiful young woman in stride wearing a flowing ionic chiton. The exquisite casting of ...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Bronze

Unusual Black Amethyst Druze Formation on Metal Stand
Located in London, GB
An exquisite black amethyst druze cluster with polished stalactite. Rare and notoriously difficult to find, this stunning and unique black amethyst druz...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

High Quality Half Amethyst Geode with Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
A stunning half geode with an incredible amethyst and overlaid calcite formation at the bottom. The interior of the piece is a very deep cavity which presents very high-quality ameth...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Pre-Solar Stardust, a Piece of the Allende Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Pre-Solar Stardust - A piece of the Allende Meteorite Carbonaceous Chondrite - CV3 Height 6.98 cm 280 g “This individual sample of the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite shows ...
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Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised. South American Cuzco school 19th century and earlier. Unsigned Oil on canvas, 56 by 78cms. Fram...
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Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Paint

Mounted Polished Orthoceras Fossil Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A natural prehistoric polished Orthoceras fossil panel mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Characterised by its long, straight conical shaped shell, the 370...
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Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Old Master Eglomise Painting of Saint John the Baptist 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century continental eglomise painting of St John the Baptist preaching. Eglomise is a method of reverse painting on glass. In a go...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Glass, Paint

Electric Purple Amethyst Surrounded by White Quartz and Dark Blue/Grey Agate
Located in London, GB
The electric intensity of this piece's coloration makes it both stunning and unique. The sparkling color and natural wave-like form makes for a hypnotic sculpture evoking a sense of ...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Small intense vivianite on matrix
Located in London, GB
Intense vivianite crystals on an earthy matrix. The vivianite crystals are water clear from edge and pearlescent on the cleaved surface. A wonderful, sculptural arrangement, evocativ...
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Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Quartz, Rock Crystal

Amethyst shell-like geode
Located in London, GB
Beautiful section of an amethyst geode, unusually thin in cross section and resembling a shell with gorgeous deep purple amethyst lining. Origin : Artigas, Uruguay
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Crinoid (Codiacrinus) on Matrix from Morocco (15.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Crinoids, also known as sea lilies, are members of the Echinodermata phylum along with starfish and sea urchins. This well preserved sea fossil is from Morocco. Crinoids have the app...
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Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Cement, Other

Small towering grey druze stalactite formation
Located in London, GB
This small towering stalactite formation is covered in grey druze with tanbrown accents and transparent quartz overlaying green celadonite. This piece was legally and ethically sour...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Green organic formation
Located in London, GB
A wonderful display piece showing a prominent thick stalactite at the centre, covered with glass-like green-brown druzy quartz. The lower border polished to reveal a wonderful sea gr...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Brown quartz stalactites with fiery interior
Located in London, GB
Several brownish quartz stalactites grace this small formation, the frontal one cut longitudinally to reveal a fiery interior. This piece was legally and ethically sourced directly ...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Rough geode section with contrasting amethyst
Located in London, GB
Like a treasure chest, this striking geode section shows the incredible contrast between the rough volcanic stone (basalt) in which the geodes are found, and the radiant amethystine ...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Important Olmec figure of Olmec ethnic dignitary from the preclassic period
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Olmec figure of Olmec ethnic dignitary from the preclassic period (2500-200 BC) Important Olmec figure of dignitary of the Olmec ethnic group of...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Precious Stone

Antique Carved Wooden Mould Ex. Tucker Collection
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mounted antique carved wooden mould from the Tucker collection. This is one of many moulds we are selling from this vast collection assembled by British make-up artist, Christopher...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Christopher Circa 1600 Alabaster
Located in Esbeek, NL
This Albast statue depicting Saint Christopher, beautiful polychrome Circa 1600 Alabaster
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Alabaster

Large Polished Labradorite Freeform
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A spectacular naturally formed large polished labradorite freeform sourced from Madagascar. Characterised by its iridescent colours, principally blue, this huge high grade labradorit...
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Malagasy Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Extraterrestrial Iron Meteorite Sphere
Located in London, GB
Aletai Meteorite Sphere Iron - IIIE circa 4.5 Billion years old A perfect metallic sphere, extracted from the core of the famous Aletai Meteorite, di...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Other

Egyptian Head of a Man
Located in London, GB
Egyptian head of a man, carved granite. 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1292 B.C. Carved in beautiful dark granite, this head depicts an elite individual, perha...
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Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Granite

Large Polished Labradorite Freeform
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A spectacular large polished labradorite freeform sourced from Madagascar. Characterised by its iridescent colours, principally blue, this huge high grade labradorite is a stunning specimen, the lustrous colours fluctuating as it is observed from different angles. It is freestanding, making a striking sculptural piece for an interior, with a polished face to one side and a naturalistic reverse. Labradorite is named after the region of its discovery at Paul Island in the Canadian province of Labrador, first discovered here in 1770. Madagascar is currently the main source of labradorite. To expose its stunning colours, the stone is highly polished, revealing its natural beauty. This in itself is a talented skill, with only a small percentage of labradorites yielding positive results, making this specimen a rare discovery. We also have two other large labradorite...
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Malagasy Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Natural Grey Quartz Geode Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful natural grey quartz geode specimen. Great as a standalone object on shelf, table, atop books, on a desk, as a paperweight, etc. Very good condi...
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Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Crystal, Quartz

18th Century Italian Wrought Iron Chamfron, Shaffron, Horse Armor Mask
Located in Carimate, Como
Authentic horse armour face mask or chanfron, dated circa late 18th-early mid-19th century from Northern Italy in wrought iron. During the late Middle Ages as armour protection for k...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Wrought Iron

Sculptural Oriented Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Chondrite Meteorite Circa 4.56 Billion y/o Chondrite 24 x 20 cm, 28 cm tall on base 7.1 kg A sculptural and beautifully weathered chondrite meteorite; upon entering the atmosphere, this extraterrestrial stone would have heated the surrounding air to a temperature of over 1700 C, higher than that of the hottest lava on the planet, and enough to melt away its outer layers, leaving its surface rippled with regmaglypts, thumb-shaped impressions formed as superheated rock streaked off of the main body as it careened toward the earth. The last layer of the rock to melt would have re-solidified as the meteorite made impact, forming a charcoal coloured fusion crust, which has taken on a deep ochre-tinted patina. Chondrite meteorites such as this example were formed at the very beginning of our solar system, by the accretion of various types of dust and small grains, adrift in the vacuum of space and, as such, provide important clues about the birth of our own planet. This piece is an especially rare specimen, known as an oriented meteorite...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Natural Basalt Section with Amethyst Exposed
Located in London, GB
This fascinating section of basalt perfectly illustrates how the precious amethyst appears in the tunnels of the underground mines of Artigas. Glistening deep purple crystals jump ...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Purple Half Geode Amethyst with Calcite Formations Shaped as Cathedral or Chapel
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning half geode with a shape often referred to by collectors as a “chapel” or “cathedral”, due to the elongated shape that occurred millions of years ago when trapped b...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Geode with Orange Brown Crystals and Frontal Calcite Rosette
Located in London, GB
This pleasing open geode contains a bed of orange-brown amethystine quartz of moderate size with a frontal rosette of several small calcite crystals. The borders polished. This ...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Stunning Brazilian Elestial Smokey Quartz
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous sculptural piece of elestial quartz. So-called elestial quartz originates from Brazil and is admired for its three-dimensional quality and transparent-smokey appearance. A...
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Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Quartz

Natural Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation composed of thick swirls and folds of sparkling sandstone. Discovered in the Oligocene sand dunes of Fontainebleau, France, formed circa 30 million years before present or later. The incredible, almost otherworldly appearance of gogottes may easily be mistaken for the work of a most talented artist. In fact, these sandstone sculptures are entirely natural in origin. They have been found in multiple locations but those from Fontainebleau, such as the present example, are the most remarkable. Thirty-five million years ago, a sea covered what is now the forest of Fontainebleau, and dunes of exceptionally fine and homogenous sand formed. As silica-rich water filtered through this sand, it turned into stone. The flow of water finely modelled the sandstone into the aesthetic concretions we now know as gogottes. These are rare and are only found sporadically several metres deep into the ground. They owe their sparkling white appearance to the extreme and unmatched purity of the Fontainebleau sand, sometimes reaching a composition of 99.9% silica. Each of them is unique – a masterpiece slowly fashioned by the hands of Nature. The intriguing name of “gogotte” was coined by French geologist Claude Guillemin (1923- 1994), who was inspired by the children’s book series Babar the Elephant. In one of the books, a group of monsters called Gogottes are shown hiding behind rocks. These rocks reminded Guillemin of the sandstone concretions...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Other

Seymchan Meteorite Sphere
Located in London, GB
Seymchan Sphere Pallasite 291 g Comprising less than 0.2% of all meteorites, pallasites, made up of an iron-nickel matrix interwoven with amber-coloured olivine gemstones, are the most dazzling meteorites of all. This piece, extracted from the Seymchan meteorite...
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Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Iron

Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles Circa 1st-2nd Century Marble This fine Roman marble head preserves the proper left side of the face of a middle-aged man, with broad nose, soft lips, and bearded chin. The short beard and sideburns have been finely carved with a flat chisel, to render the soft, wavy strands of hair. The cheekbone, undereye, and nasolabial folds have been delicately modelled in the marble by a skilled hand. In a letter from 1975, the former director of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, suggested that the head could depict the Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. Few figures in the Classical world stand aside Sophocles (c. 496-406 BC), inarguably the best known of the Athenian tragedians, in terms of the impact his works have had on the history of art and literature. The psychological depth he achieves in the seven of the 123 of his plays that have survived to the present day - most notably the three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus - not only inspired the Athenians, among whom Sophocles was honoured as a hero long after his death, but in our own time, have provoked landmark works on phychoanalysis and literary criticism, by thinkers like René Girard and, most famously, Sigmund Freud. In its masterful treatment of the marble this fragment sensitively captures the features of one of the most important playwrights of all time. Height on stand: 7.9 inches (20 cm). Provenance: Collection of Danish sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau...
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Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Marble

Stone Meteorite with Black Fusion Crust
Located in London, GB
Hammadah al Hamra 346 Meteorite Circa 4.56 Billion y/o Chondrite - L6 1386 g On 26 August, 2018, a large fireball was spotted burning through the sky over the Jabal al Gharbi D...
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Libyan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Rare English Romanesque Limestone Capital on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This weathered English Romanesque limestone capital is centuries old, dating from the Norman era of the 11th and 12th centuries. Originating from Oxf...
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English Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone, Limestone

Oriented Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Stone Meteorite Chondrite 5.00 kg Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented Meteorite travelled over a hu...
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North African Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
A Piece of the Moon - Superb Lunar Meteorite NWA 11303 4.5 Billion y/o This beautiful lunar meteorite fragment belongs to NWA 11303, a fel...
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Algerian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Lunar Meteorite
Lunar Meteorite
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Pair of Sandstone Paragode Guards
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of carved sandstone temple guards. Originates from paragoda in Burma circa 15th century. Hand carved with fine details. Each guard is in two parts...
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Burmese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Sandstone

Sculptural Iron Meteorite from Morasko, Poland
Located in London, GB
Iron Meteorite from Morasko, Poland Circa 4.55 Billion y/o Iron, IAB-MG A sculptural iron meteorite dating to the formation of the solar system, s...
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Polish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Iron

Seymchan Meteorite End-Cut
Located in London, GB
Seymchan Meteorite end-cut circa 4.5 Billion y/o 4.89 kg “This jagged exterior endcut of the Seymchan pallasite has patches of olivine-free met...
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Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Iron, Nickel

Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
A beautiful fragment from a lunar meteorite, among the rarest of all geological finds. This specimen belongs to NWA 11303, a feldspathic regolith breccia which formed when the shock ...
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Algerian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Lunar Meteorite
Lunar Meteorite
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Ancient Silver Celtic Tetradrachm Coin
Located in London, GB
Celtic ‘Dachreiter’ Tetradrachm Minted in Eastern Europe, circa 1st-2nd Century B.C. Silver A magnificent Celtic tetradrachm of the Dachreiter (“roof-rider”) type, minted by a C...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Silver

Canyon Diablo Meteorite from Arizona
Located in London, GB
Canyon Diablo Meteorite 4.5 Billion y/o Iron, IAB-MG 3.823 kg A sculptural iron meteorite from the famous Barringer crater, Coconino County, Arizon...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Iron

Small Gogotte De Fontainenbleue, Natural Mineral Sculpture
Located in Leuven , BE
A nice example of a gogotte formation composed of thick swirls and folds of sparkling sandstone. Discovered in the Oligocene sand dunes of Fontainebleau, France, formed circa 30 mill...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Sandstone

Roman Marble Statuette of Jupiter
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Fragment of jupiter Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Measure: Height: 19.7 cm This beautiful Roman fragmentary statuette depicts Jupiter, the king of the gods, here recognisable from his two chief attributes, the eagle with outstretched wings - according the Pseudo-Hyginus, singled out by Jupiter because ''it alone, men say, strives to fly straight into the rays of the rising sun'' - and the base of the scepter, which remains at the side of the left foot, an aspect likely borrowed from the statue of Zeus at Olympia, once one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Though much of the original piece has been lost, the subtle anatomical detail in the feet mark this out as a piece of exceptional quality, and the work of an artist of particular talent and patience - as Johann Winckelmann once said of the famous Belvedere Torso, ''if you contemplate this with a quiet eye [...] the god will at once become visible in this stone.'' This fragment once caught the eye of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1694-1758), a Knight of the Garter and among the most prolific collectors of his day. The piece, acquired during his travels to Rome, was proudly displayed on an alcove of the Western Staircase of Castle Howard...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Marble

Roman Marble Foot
Located in London, GB
Roman marble Fragment of a Right Foot with Sandal Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D. An evocative Roman marble fragment, preserving the front portion of an over-lifesized sandalled foot. The toes, nails, and bridge of the foot have been sensitively carved. The outer sole of the sandal remains, with delicate, pointed straps joining between the first two toes in a diamond shape. This fragment once belonged to Danish sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Marble

Roman Marble Foot
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A Piece of Mars - Martian Meteorite
Located in London, GB
MARTIAN STONE - NWA 14713 Lherzolitic shergottite 127 g “This 127-gram fragment of the NWA 14713 meteorite displays a green-black mottled exterior. The rock is a martian shergottite (a basalt) composed mainly of coarse grains of pyroxene as well as calcium-plagioclase glass. This glass, called maskelynite, formed from crystalline plagioclase when the specimen was blasted off the surface of Mars by an energetic collision. There are currently less than 350 known martian meteorites...
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North African Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Lion Stone Sculpture Architectural Garden Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This sculpture has taken on a different character over time as it has weathered and the detailing has softened. Time has given it a pared down, minimalist quality juxtaposing the R...
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English Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Limestone

Purple Amethyst Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful purple amethyst cluster decorative object, paperweight, or luxury display piece. A great piece for a bookshelf, cocktail table, on a desk as paperweight, etc. Dimensions:...
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Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Amethyst, Quartz

Monolithic Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Unclassified Meteorite Stone Height: 36.83 cm 42.5 kg A dramatic extraterrestrial sculpture, of monolithic form, covered in a thick grey-brown fusion crust and with areas of sandy deposits from untold years spent on the desert floor. Formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter during the formation of our solar system, some 4.55 billion years ago, this large stone would have been separated from its parent body by an enormous impact before journeying through interplanetary space and eventually reaching Earth. Upon atmospheric entry it would have reached cosmic velocity, heating the surrounding air to 1700°C and producing a large ball of fire. The heat was sufficient to melt the outer surface of the stone, exposing a new surface which in turn also melted away, losing as much as 95% of its initial mass before reaching the ground. The last molten layer to form as it collided with the Earth covered the stone in a layer of fusion crust, evidence of the incredible impact force delivered by this extraordinary specimen. “This unclassified stone meteorite was found in Northwest Africa. It has a relatively smooth, dark brown, slightly weathered fusion crust; some small melt veins are visible on the surface. Due to the near-absence of terrestrial rocks in this region of the Sahara, meteorite hunting in this area has yielded many notable discoveries.” Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences...
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North African Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Half Polished Amethyst Geode with Agate Border and Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
A half polished geode with a thick agatised border. The inside covered by deep purple amethyst crystals and 2 beautiful calcite formations at the centre, one of them covered with a b...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Vitrified Lightning Bolt
Located in London, GB
An Extraordinarily well preserved specimen of Fulgurite Tubular Lechatetierite Formation date unknown, recovered from the Sahara Desert, Algeria, ...
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Algerian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Glass

High Quality Amethyst Goethite Inclusions Resembling Rosettes
Located in London, GB
An unusual piece of high quality deep purple amethyst with large peaked crystals. Inside the amethyst multiple goethite crystals resembling rosettes can be seen. Several of the cry...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Large Chondrite Meteorite with Regmaglypts
Located in London, GB
NWA 12759 Stone, Chondrite - L5 18.3 KG “This specimen of the NWA 12759 L5 chondrite has a smooth posterior fusion crust where meteoritic melt pooled as the rock descended through the atmosphere and was heated by friction with molecules of air. The meteorite is from the L-chondrite asteroid that was destroyed by an energetic collision 470 million years ago.” Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented meteorite travelled over a hundred million miles through space before falling to Earth in the North African desert. Beautiful regmaglypts radiate from the apex of its cone shaped nose. These elongated dimples formed when streaks of superheated molten rock streamed off the meteor’s surface as it blazed through the atmosphere. The entire piece is coated in a glossy, umber-coloured fusion crust and close examination reveals remnants of encrusted, orange dirt. Whilst most meteors tumble as they travel through the Earth’s atmosphere, oriented meteorites...
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Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Stone

Ceramic Pre-Columbian Colima Hunchback Figure Vessel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian figural vessel from West Mexico Colima culture (circa 300BC-400AD). Made of molded clay, the stoneware vessel depicts a seated hunchback...
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Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Ceramic

Cross Section of the Imilac Meteorite
Located in London, GB
“This 282 g interior section of the Imilac pallasite shows a large range of olivine grain sizes – there are coarse grains, grain clusters and fine-grained, crushed olivine debris. All of the olivine grains are surrounded by a matrix of metallic iron-nickel derived from the top of a molten core of a differentiated asteroid.” Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA Imilac - interior section Stony-iron, pallasite - PMG 8 1/4 inches (20.95 CM), 282 g This complete cross-sectional slice from the Imilac meteorite...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

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Other

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