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Place of Origin: Italian
Iridescent Abalone Shell on 18th Century Italian Gilded Base with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Iridescent abalone shell mounted on an 18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved base with baroque pearls.
Abalone shells or "Haliotis Iris" are shells with an interior of iridesc...
Category
18th Century Modern Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Abalone, Wood, Giltwood
Two Mid Century Italian Sterling Coated Seashells By Federico Buccellati
By Federico Buccellati
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty set of two silver coated organic seashells with enhanced sculptural elements. Stamped Federico Buccellati 999.
Left: H: 4 W: 8 D: 5.5 $2,700.00
Right: H: 2.5 W: 4.5 D: 3.5 $1...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
Monumental Italian Hollywood Regency Solid Bronze Clam Shell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a monumental Italian bronze clam shell sculpture. When examining the exterior, it almost appears to be a patinated bronze. The interior is a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Bronze
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 18th Century Italian Dancing Angels with Baroque Pearls on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian dancing angels with coordinating baroque pearls on aragonite crystal clusters.
The dancing angels are hand-carved wood, polychromed and gilded, original...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
MidCentury Fine Carved Gilded Wooden Bamboo Style Wall Mirror w. Beveled Glass
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking Italian faux bamboo hand carved frame with a thick beveled mirror.
Via one of our foreign contacts we recently purchased this practical and handcrafted wall mirror from the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Circular Chessboard Plaque Pietra Dura 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely crafted circular pietra dura plaque, likely originating from Italy during the mid-to-late 19th century, this specimen marble and hardstone inlaid chessboard combines decorat...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Alabaster Pendant Light with Impressive Hand Carved Putti Decor
Located in Lisse, NL
Large early 1900s handcrafted, natural mineral stone with bronze hardware light fixture.
It is difficult to understand how they created such a perfect, circular shape pendant out of...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Italian Marble Egg Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) Italian marble egg sculptures, in the Modern style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Eggs include marble, alabaster and T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,450 / set
Large Italian Clam Shell
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian clam shell. Large sculptural shell in Scagliola with natural patina, Italy, early 20th century.
Dimensions: 32" W x 20" D x 9.5" H.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Scagliola
$2,980
Natural Red Pipe Coral Specimen #1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural specimen of red coral reef. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great size for displaying in any decor.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with a Calcite Crystal Cluster on Bobeche
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix mounted on a Italian glass bobeche base.
The fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.
Category
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Handmade Sicilian Ceramic Pine Nut Italian Pottery
Located in Palermo, PA
This exquisite handmade Sicilian ceramic pine nut is a timeless symbol of prosperity, good fortune, and Mediterranean heritage. Crafted by skilled artisans in Sicily, each piece is m...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base with sea shell trim.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
1950s Plaster Anatomic School Study of a Human Hand
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A unique piece of academic art, this vintage plaster sculpture is a school study of a human hand. Dating from the 1950s, it was likely used in an art class or a medical school for an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
18th Century Italian Scroll Fragment on a Red and White Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded scroll fragment mounted on a polished red and white hematoid quartz heart. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbo...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Italian Pietra Dura, Semi-Precious, Still Life Stones Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing work in semi precious stones in Hardstones or Pietra Dura work. Framed measures 21 x 24 inches. In back has a partial detail of stones and also origin of art work.
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Precious Stone
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Silver
Sculptural 17th Century
Florence Fragment
with a Fossil Shell and Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 17th century hand-carved Florence Fragment mounted with a fossil shell with barnacles and adorned with crystals.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful hand carved cameo on conch shell made in Italy, circa 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 5" W x 3.5" D x 3.25" H. #4843
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Italian Wood Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wood sculpture by the student in scuola di belle arti in Venice
a public academy of art in Venice.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
Pressed Botanicals Set of (9) Mounted in Old Window Frame Italian Dated 1913
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Pressed Italian Botanicals Set of (9) Mounted in an Old Window Frame with great old paint. We were fortunate enough to purchase two old window frames that probably some very clever i...
Category
1960s Country Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, an house sparrow, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Natura...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Natural Quartz Mineral Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Natural quartz mineral fragment.
Category
1960s Other Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Mid-20th Century Italian White Blanc De Chine Creamware Fruit Basket Centerpiece
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning Mid-Century Italian Blanc de Chine creamware glazed porcelain handmade fruit bowl or basket centerpiece. Marked "Hand-Painted Made in Italy". This gorgeous arrangement fea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Creamware, Porcelain
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Agatized Coral on Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base mounted with agatized coral on a polished agate base.
The 18th century hand carved fragment base is originally from Tuscany. The polish...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral
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
Order reference #: FABIOLTD G178
This piece makes for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Onyx
$240 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angels on an Aragonite Cloud
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian hand-carved gilded angels mounted aragonite.
The hand-carved angels were once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Tuscany. The aragon...
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Italian Cat
s Eye Egg Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small luxury item, an Italian cat's eye egg sculpture decorative object in brown and golden hues polished smooth.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished pink hematite quartz heart and adorned with aurora (sunset) quartz and a natural-forming cross shaped baroque pearl.
The 18th centu...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Set of 4 decorative silver plated fruits made by Marcello Giorgio, 1970s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of four silver-plated fruits produced by silversmith Marcello Giorgio in Italy in the 1970s. These fruits (an apple, an orange, a pomegranate, and a pine cone) are of moderate si...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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 ...
Category
1790s Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Opinion Ciatti Papavero Delicato Large Table Decoration
By Opinion Ciatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fragility and stability, lightness and solidity: those usually antithetical terms, Papaveri Delicati (Delicate Poppies), seem to be able to co-exist as in all the other creations of Gherardo Frassa. Small metal sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Large Italian White Ceramic Monkey With Banana Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Large Italian white glazed terracotta Chimpanzees with bananas on hands sculpture.
Shows minor wear consistent with age.
Measurements:
26.75” High, 20” Wide, 18” Deep.
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Terracotta
Contemporary Art Ceramic Totem Chocolate Piece Number 33/99 by Ettore Sottsass
By Mirabili, Ettore Sottsass
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid Century Pietra Dura Flower Italy
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Italian Pietra Dura of a single flower. set in a heavy wood frame. Wonderful neutral colors and design. This is one of 12 pieces I will be listing out of an estate from Mys...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Gold Flower Reliefs
Golden Barite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian fragments with a gold flower relief decorated with natural forming baroque pearls to emulate the flower on a matrix of barite and double terminated calci...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Authentic Italian 1950s Plaster Anatomical Hand Study of a Hand Holding Coins
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Excellent vintage condition with a beautiful natural patina. Please see photos for a view of the intricate details and any minor imperfections that add to its character. This unique ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Revival Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment with Elestial Quartz and Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment with elestial quartz and mounted on an agate slice.
The fragment was originally from a historical Italian church. It is mounted with the ele...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Quartz
A pair of black see fan branches, Italy, late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of Black see fan (Iciligorgia Schrammi, Duchassaing 1870), natural purple-black branches from a Wunderkammer collection. Originating from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, their retic...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Italian Carved Cameo Conch Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite and unique, this Italian intricately hand-carved conch shell depicting the Roman goddess of Day and Night dates back to the 19th century and showcases the exceptional craft...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
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 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
White Alabaster Marble Egg Lucite Base
Located in New York, NY
An Italian white alabaster marble egg and Lucite decorative object sculpture, circa late-20th century, Italy. Egg is hand-crafted and hand-marked on undersi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Italian Mid-Century Monumental Carved Wood Painted Sea Shell
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 2oth century hand carved wood sea shell painted in white with an ocher wash. This impressive piece will make a unique decoration for the Hampton's, Palm Beach, Malibu home or bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
$2,850 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Large Italian 1960s Aragonite Crystal Vide Poche
Located in Milan, IT
Large Italian 1960s Aragonite Crystal Vide Poche
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare and Large Imperial Black Porphyry architectural fragment
partially polished,
23,5 x 15 x 12 cm
Porfido Nero is a rare Black Variety of Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Dokhan (th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Porphyry
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. I...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century Italian Candlesticks with Agate Coral
Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf candlestick tops with polished fossil agate coral and a natural forming baroque pearl. The 18th century fragments come from Tuscany and have th...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Metal
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Italian Grand Tour Style Pietra Dura Floral Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Florentine pietra dura hardstone panel dating to the early or mid 20th century set within its original ebonized wood frame and retaining its brass hanging loop. The composi...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Serpentine
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
European Tole And Copper Palm Tree
Located in Essex, MA
With a painted tole planter painted to imitate a wood stave pot. The palm with copper stem and green palm fronds. Lacking the top clustered frond. Nine branches.
Category
1930s Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Copper, Tin
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Murano glass shell Archimede Seguso mid-century design.
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Palermo, IT
Add a touch of exquisite Italian elegance to your home with this stunning Murano glass shell, attributed to celebrated master glassmaker Archimede Seguso. Recently purchased in an on...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Murano Glass, Stained Glass
Two Large Malachite Eggs on Brass Stands
Located in Somis, CA
Set of two splendid malachite eggs. Hand crafted and polished, displaying fantastic various natural patterns of swirls and stripes. A stone of transforma...
Category
20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite
$650 Sale Price / set
63% Off
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