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Material: Plaster
Plaster Religious Handpainted Traditional Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster handpainted wall artwork. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...
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1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Cabinet of Curiosities Sculptural Corner Wall Shelving Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden drawer. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the produc...
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1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Anatomical model: a human brain inserted into a sectioned skullcap, Italy 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a human brain (enlarged 2 times). Model that can be dismantled into six parts which highlights both the internal and external...
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Polish Terrazzo Tile from a Synagogue
Located in New York, NY
This is a 19th-century Polish terrazzo tile, dating to around the 1880s, originally used in a synagogue. The rectangular tile features a light blue background adorned with a white St...
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Late 19th Century Polish Folk Art Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Terrazzo

Three-Dimensional Midcentury Anatomical Wall Plaster Sculpture, Germany, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury three-dimensional anatomical plaster painting, provenance Hygiene Museum Dresden with museum sticker label, Germany 1950s. Please note tha...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Early 20th Century Anatomical Plaster Medical Torso Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century anatomical plaster medical torso figure This early 20th century life size anatomical medical torso would have originally been used as...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Collection of Framed Antique Italian Plaster Intaglios
Located in London, GB
Collection of framed antique Italian plaster intaglios Italian, Early 19th Century Height 34cm, width 34cm, depth 4cm This exquisite collection of eighteen plaster intaglios was cr...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of An Ear - Somso ca. 1960
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Teaching Aid Modell of An Ear - Somso ca. 1960 A folding model of an ear. Used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1960. Made of wood and plastic by Somso, Germany. ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Ancient plaster anatomical model of a flayed foot, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a flayed foot. Made of plaster, in excellent condition and with original patina. Anatomical study use. Italy circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paper, Plaster

Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure in a Wooden Altar, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin in a wooden altar. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1940. In original condition, with minor wear consisten...
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1940s Spanish Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Grain A great antique hand-painted model of the grain with removable germ. Made of papier ma...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Plaster Model of Male Bust with Markings, France, 19th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Plaster bust on base. Preliminary study for marble carving with markings for the stonemason. France, 1850-1880. A very decorative piece.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900 A folding model of an ear. It was used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1900. It is made of wood and paper mache by ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Antique Teaching Aid - Structure of the Human Skin, Plaster on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid - Structure of the Human Skin, Plaster on Wood An antique hand-painted anatomical wall model depicting the structure of the human skin with roots of the hair. T...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Antique Teaching Model of the Adipose Spleen, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the adipose spleen. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

John on the chest of Christ Sculpture Museum Reproduction
Located in Den Haag, NL
This Item is an Identical Museum Reproduction The carving shows Christ and St John sitting on a bench. John rests his head on Christ's chest, his eyes closed in devotion. His right hand rests in that of Christ, who places a loving arm around his shoulder. This Item is an Identical Museum Reproduction . Polymer is a heavy and very strong type of resin material that captures perfectly the details of the casting. The advantages of polymer when compared to concrete, cast stone, and cement are that it is far less fragile and much more resistant . sold by . Ancient Sculpture...
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2010s American Gothic Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

19th Century Plaster Museum Piece "Welcome" Gold Nugget Model Victoria Australia
Located in Haarlem, NL
Huge 19th century plaster museum piece "Welcome" gold nugget model Victoria, Australia. This is rare. It’s the only thing left of the biggest gold nugget ever found, the Welcome ...
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Late 19th Century Oceanic Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Anatomical Model of the Upper Limbs, Italy 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, didactic use, depicting the upper limb tilting on a fork supported by a black lacquered wooden base. Made in plaster and finished entirely in colour. F...
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Scagliola

A pharmacy mushroom model: Morchella Vulgaris, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Morchella Vulgaris mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Sculpture Contemporary Geometric Constructivist Wood Concrete Grey - The Camel
Located in Seville, ES
THE DESERTED CITY - THE CAMEL «Everything looked intect, as if all the citizens had left at the same time, unanimously, calmly, once and for all. Mass desertion, not destruction nor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Futurist Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

Antique Teaching Aid - Median Incision of the Human Head by PHYWE
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid - Median Incision of the Human Head by PHYWE A great antique hand-painted and hand lettered anatomical model. A median incision of the head for class. It is mad...
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Early 20th Century German Other Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Collection of Late 18th Century English Wax & Plaster Abbey & College Seals
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four late 18th century replica wax seals, encased in plaster and housed in softwood boxes. They also retain their original pointed oval and circular hand written labe...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Boxwood

1930's Art Deco Streamline Arrow Plane Car Design Study Model
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A plaster design study attributed to an artist designer at the Hill Auto Body Metal company based in Cincinnati Ohio . The company specialized in streamline equipment for airplanes and would periodically go into the automotive field with race cars and streamline bodies . This study may be based on the 1932 rear engined teardrop car called the Arrow Plane for customer Lyman Voelpel a wealthy Chicagoan and may have served as inspiration for six McQuay-Norris Cars built during that period and into 1934. The bodies were aluminum over a steel and wooden frame work and has Ford under pinning's including suspension , brakes and V8 engines...
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Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Large Roman Neoclassical Plaster Foot of Hercules
Located in Houston, TX
Unusually large and well detailed neoclassical Roman plaster foot sculpture of Hercules. This vintage Italian academic plaster foot sculpture wo...
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1960s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

German Anatomical Muscular Bust Model
Located in Brooklyn, NY
German, anatomical, plaster model of a cross-section of a bust, depicting the muscular and circulatory systems.
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

19th C Scientific James DeVille L N Fowler Phrenology Plaster Bust Head Curio
By L. N. Fowler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A larger than the normal plaster cast phrenology head, with its original painted finish and paper labels. The original makers label is partially missing leaving it a bit of a myster...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster reproduction of an ancient coin is a work by Aurelio Mistruzzi, created in the 1940s. Cast of a medal of the Papal States from 1833, Gregory XVI An.III Wishes of Peace. "Petri inopiam Chiristiani stipe svstentant" - Antiqua pietas revocata. 4,5 x 4,5 cm. Good conditions, edge slightly damaged.  Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
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1940s Italian Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Cabinet of Curiosities Drawer Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden niche. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the product...
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1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Anatomical model of the lower limb, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, didactic use, depicting the lower limb, tilting on a fork supported by a black lacquered wooden base. Made in scagliola and finished entirely in colour....
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Scagliola, Wood

Composition Plaster Station of the Cross
Located in Baltimore, MD
These unusual stations of the Cross are possible De Prado Studios. The panels are in good condition with some minor losses. The vibrant colors ar...
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Early 20th Century American Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

German Ladies First Bronze Sculpture of Cats and Dog
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A group of small wiener bronze style figurines in metal and plaster illustrating pets eating. The German text of "Die Damen Zuerst" means "Ladies First".
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Early 20th Century Austrian Romantic Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Anatomical model: a woman’s human bust dissection. Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for class, depicting a woman’s human bust dissection with all removable organs, complete in all its part. Made out of painted plaster and paper mache, mounted o...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Kidney, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the kidney. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, Germany ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Syringa vulgaris N. 37 (Uleaceae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the flo...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood

Antique Bronze Clad & Polychrome Painted Buddha Sculpture with Pedestal Stand
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique cast and dipped bronze Buddha sculpture and stand is signed by and unknown maker, and presumed to have been made in China in approximately 1920. Both the ornate stand an...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Ancient anatomical model of a flayed hand, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a flayed hand. Made of plaster, in excellent condition and with original patina. Anatomical study use. Italy circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the 1930s. Measures cm ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster cast for coin is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s.  Slightly damaged plaster.  Written in Latin not completely visible. 4 x 4 cm.  Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
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1940s Italian Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

A pharmacy mushroom model: Phallus Impudicus, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Phallum Impudicus mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Plastel Medal of Mussolini by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Plastel medal of Mussolini made by Aurelio Mistruzzi, in the 1930s. Measures: D 10 cm. Good conditions.
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1930s Italian Modern Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Anatomical model of a chiken, Germany 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
A life-size anatomical model of a chicken, with separable anatomical parts, for educational use. Made of painted plaster, wooden and metal base. Somso, Germany circa 1930.
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Mid-20th Century German Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

A botanic model of a fern Pteris serrulata, A. Dall’Eco, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model by A. Dall'Eco di Pteris serrulata N.66 (Ferns. Sporangium and Spore). The round boxwood base contains 4 elements, components of a model of fern Pteris serrula...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Boxwood

Composition Plaster Station of the Cross
Located in Baltimore, MD
These unusual Stations of the Cross are possible De Prado Studios. The panels are in good condition with some minor losses. The vibrant colors ar...
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1910s American Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

The Statue of Liberty's Torch from the collection of Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his his notable private clients like Bill Gates and Calvin Klein, and for is integral role in the re-i...
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1980s American Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic, Plaster

Fine Chinese Stucco Head of Bodhisattva Southern Dynasties
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a fine Bodhisattva head made of stucco around a wood core circa 6th century AD. The fragment was part of high-relief wall sculpture based ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Earthenware, Stucco, Petrified Wood

Rare anatomical model: an external and inner ear, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a separable external and internal ear, complete in all its parts, made of plaster and painted paper mache, metal hooks. ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Botanic Model of Inflorescence, Flower Head, Italy, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical schematic model by Prof. T. Ferraris, didactic use, of a type of inflorescence specimen, the Simple Flower Head, made with hand-painte...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

A pharmacy mushroom model: Amanita Virosa, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Amanita Virosa mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Anatomical model: a decomposable eyeball, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a decomposable eyeball, complete in all its parts, made of plaster, glass and painted paper mache, metal hooks. Italy ci...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

A pharmacy mushroom model: Sarcoshypha Austriaca, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Sarcoscypha Austriaca mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

1875s Granadine Stucco Model with an Arabic-style Frame & an Antique Photograph
Located in Marbella, ES
Model inspired by Granadine stucco architecture, featuring carved details that represent iconic elements of Nasrid art, such as decorative arches and intricate tracery. The frame is ...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Stucco

Botanic Model of Inflorescence, the Spiga, Italy 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanic didactical model of one type of inflorescence specimen, the Spiga, made out of hand painted colored plaster gems, wooden branches and pa...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Anatomical Plaque by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand painted, plaster, anatomical plate by New York Scientific Supply Co. depicting the musculature and circulatory systems of the face and head on a wood plaque.
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Plaster

Botanic Model of Inflorescence, the Corymb, Italy, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical schematic model by Prof. T. Ferraris, didactic use, of a type of inflorescence specimen, the Corymb, made with hand-painted plaster co...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Botanic Model of Inflorescence, the Raceme or Cluster, Italy, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical schematic model by Prof. T. Ferraris, didactic use, of a type of inflorescence specimen, the Raceme or cluster, made with hand-painted...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

Sculpture Contemporary Geometric Constructivist Wood Concrete Grey - The Horse
Located in Seville, ES
THE DESERTED CITY - THE HORSE “No doors opened, nobody answered,no sound of steps,no dogs barking,no horses neighing, nothing broke that taciturn hallucinatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Futurist Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

Life Size Child Wood and Plaster Articulated Mannequin, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice and rare life size wood and plaster articulated child mannequin from the 1920s. Clothes for his size. Sulfide eyes. Very good quality and condition. Can stand up thanks ...
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1920s French Vintage Plaster Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Plaster

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