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Item Ships From: Italy
Mediterranean red coral branch dating back to the 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
Mediterranean coral branch of considerable size, dating back to the 1920s. Mounted on turned and ebonized wooden base Coral measurements without the base cm 21x8x14.5 - inches 8.3x3...
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1920s Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

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Coral

Vintage Oriental Chrysanthemum Jade Glass Flower Bonsai Tree in Celadon Pot
Located in Palermo, PA
Chinese Republic Jade, Glass, and Hardstone Flower Bonsai Tree in Celadon Pot – Mid-20th Century This exquisite Chinese Republic jade, glass, and hardston...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Italy Natural Specimens

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Jade

Slice of wood from Arizona's Petrified Forest and dating back to the Triassic period
Located in Milan, IT
Slice of wood from Arizona's Petrified Forest dating back to the Triassic period. It is a trunk slice complete with bark of the conifer Araucarioxylon Arizonicum an extinct species a...
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1960s Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

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Wood

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
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15th Century and Earlier African Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

A pair of brecciated marble Paradise spheres, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of spheres in brecciated marble Paradise, resting on a circular bronze base with a wavy profile and a central excrescent disk. Italy, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

A pair of Mediterranean red coral branches, copper bases, Italy 1870s.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia: a pair of Mediterranean red coral branches (Coralium Rubrum), mounted on vase-shaped embossed copper bases. Italy circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Copper

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

A marine fossil “Mothership” sphere, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A marine fossil “Mothership” sphere, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

A branch of japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of naturalia from Wunderkammer. A branch of Japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), mounted on a wooden base, holds a palm tree in the shap...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

A pair of branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), Sicily 1790
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of large branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum). Gilt bronze bases with phytomorphic calyx stem. Connection with an oval element in Lapis Lazuli and two spirals ...
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1790s Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

Italian Modern Wooden Botanic Model
By Robert Brendel
Located in Roma, IT
A botanic didactical specimen in the manner of the famous German botanist Robert Brendel. "In the late 19th century Robert Brendel and his son Reinhold produced beautiful and accur...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Agate specimen, mounted over a guilt wood base with candle holder, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer naturalia agate specimen mounted in an oval shape frame over a golden wooden base, with candle holder. Italy end of 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate

Natural Seashell Trumpet Triton Sea Snail
Located in Naples, IT
A beautiful natural specimen, Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod moll...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, mol...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

Italian Brass Plant Sculpture Mounted On Black Marquinia Marble
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Please read the entire description, as we strive to provide you with detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our items. This elegant and distincti...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Marble, Brass

A branch of a light blue mother of pores, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of Blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base with parts gilded and parts painted light blue. Ita...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

A wunderkammer marine natural specimen, the Melo melo shell. Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
The base is made out of rosewood. The shell, Melo Melo, (Family Volutidae) is mounted with reef and small shells. Italy last part of 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood

A branch of Mediterranean red coral on a lapis lazuli base, Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped marble base, with a parallelepiped-shaped central body. The entire body is enriched by a mosaic of la...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

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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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

A marine specimen: the piranha fish, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxodermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Piranha fishes (Serrasalmus Brandtii). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a laquered wooden base black color. Italy cir...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

A large branch of Rubrum coral and Sciacca coral from Wunderkammer, Italy 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
A large branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum) and a large branch of Sciacca coral, mounted together on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involve...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Coral, Silver

Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
The message that Mirabili intends to portay involves well-known artist and designers, selected for their particular gifts and their poetic world, lending an innovative and sensitive ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Eastern Blue bird (Sialia sialis) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

A crocodile skull wunderkammer specimen, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen from Wunderkammer: a crocodile skull. The wooden column base is decorated on the upper edge. A metal bar supports the crocodile skull. Italy circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Pair of Red Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of red gorgonian branches from the Wunderkammer in the shape of a fan. The bases are in carved and silvered wood with heraldic crests. Italy,...
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Late 19th Century Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

A branch of Mediterranean red coral on a Paesina stone base, Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped Paesina stone base, with a central body in the shape of a parallelepiped with a bronze profile intert...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Bronze

A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll reading: pray to God for the soul, in devotion to the Archangel Gabriel. The painting is ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

A pair of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of large branches of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on large octagonal alabaster bases with guilt bronze profile. Connection with a spherical bronze element...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

An ostrich egg from a wunderkammer, with a red painted wooden base, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia an ostrich egg (Struthio camelus) mounted on a wooden base painted red. The upper part, mounted on the summit, in the shape of a pinnacle, always of the same ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Italy Natural Specimens

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Ostrich Eggshell, Wood

Sculpture "Costruzioni Di Oasi", Design Mario Schifano, Italy 1979
By Mario Schifano
Located in Napoli, IT
Sculpture "Costruzioni di Oasi", designed and produced by Mario Schifano in 1979. These sculptures were made in 100 pieces; the one for sale is numero 55 as per the engraving on the...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

Marine specimen: a pair of crabs, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of marine specimen crabs. The specimen, Splendid Round Red Crab (Etisus Splendidus) is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base painted brown. Italy...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Large Fossil Stone Ammonite
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6416 - Large fossil stone shell - Ammonites were predatory Prehistorie cephalopod mollusks which existed between 400 and 66 million years ago before dying out during the exinction ...
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy International Style Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Linguat I Set of 2 Black Sculptures
By Omnibus Design
Located in Milan, IT
A celebration of nature in its purest form, this set of two wooden sculptures is meticulously handcrafted from pieces of oak trunks used in the 1930s for dying tapestries. Elegant and minimalist iron pin...
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2010s Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Marine Specimen: the Porcupine Fish, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, the common porcupine fish (Tetrodon Cutcutia). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a round fruitwoo...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Blown Glass, Wood

Pair of Blue Murano Glass Duck Sculptures Signed Cenedese 1980s Italy
By Cenedese
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of Blue Murano glass duck sculptures signed Cenedese 1980s Italy with Submerged Gold Finishes This artistic pair of duck sculptures will brings with itself a touch of Venerian ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

A diorama with fishes, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen: a marine diorama with two decoy fishes (Pterois volitans), a brunch, fan shaped, of Horny coral, starfish, and reef. The Specimens are mounted inside a glass...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

Linguat II Set of 2 Black Sculptures
By Omnibus Design
Located in Milan, IT
This stunning set of two sculptures is carefully handcrafted using two pieces of oak trunks that had been used to dye tapestries in the 1930s. Si...
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2010s Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Pair of Rock Crystals, Amethyste, Pyrite and Aragonite Druzes, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Pair of Naturalia mineral specimen: a pair of rock crystals amethyst, aragonite and pyrite druzes, mounted over a guild-plated wooden bases on a vase shape with leaves. Italy aroun...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Rock Crystal

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.
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1870s Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

Laguna Sculpture in Corno Italiano and Briccola Wood, Mod. 1615
By Arcahorn Srl., A. Andreucci
Located in Recanati, Macerata
A tribute to the stunning beauty of nature, the Laguna sculpture gives a new life to natural materials of different origin. Boasting a polished Corno Italiano of impressive dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

Per Mulieres II Brown Sculpture
By Omnibus Design
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted out of a single piece of weathered chestnut, this intriguing sculpture will be an intriguing focal point in sophisticated rustic-chic decors. The unpredictable yet unique det...
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2010s Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Armis I Black Sculpture
By Omnibus Design
Located in Milan, IT
This one-off sculpture invites one to lean on the superb shapes only nature can draw. An ideal accent piece to create a decorative focus in contemporary or rustic-chic decors, it fla...
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2010s Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Amethyst, Rock Crystal

Natural specimen: with amethyst, mica and desert rose crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse with Amethyst, Mica and Desert rose crystals, mounted over a guild-plated wooden base on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Rock 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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

A pair of red gorgonian branches, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of fan-shaped red Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood

A pair of white-sand gorgonian branches, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A big pair of fan-shaped white sand Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Fruitwood

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

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.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Art TOTEM Clair De Lune Light Blue White N/Edit. by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited edition of 29 pieces. From Primitive clay magma, by playing with shapes, Sottsass makes the “philosophy” of a state of mind visible and concrete: as if in the musical atmosph...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

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Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

20th Century Italian Pure 990 Silver Grape Bunch
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italy, a country that produces great wines and an ancient agricultural tradition, could not fail to dedicate its art also to create prestigious objects concerning this excellence for...
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Late 20th Century Italian Other Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Sterling 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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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Vintage Decorative fossil stone Sculpture sculpure, maroccan Orthoceras
Located in Milano, IT
Fluid Shapes - Decorative Organic Art - Moroccan fossil sculpture This is a listing for one freestanding orthoceras tower specimen from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. As the pict...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Limestone

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