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Period: 18th Century
Iridescent Abalone Shell on 18th Century Italian Gilded Base with Baroque Pearls
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...
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Italian Modern Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Abalone, Wood, Giltwood

Pair of 18th Century Italian Dancing Angels with Baroque Pearls on Aragonite
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Florence Fragment with a Calcite Crystal Cluster on Bobeche
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Scroll Fragment on a Red and White Hematoid Quartz Heart
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Agatized Coral on Agate
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral

Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Gold Flower Reliefs Golden Barite
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment with Elestial Quartz and Agate
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate, Quartz

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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Italian Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

18th Century Florence Fragment with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
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 ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Pair of 18th Century Italian Candlesticks with Agate Coral Baroque Pearl
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

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Metal

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Fragment with Fossil Clam Shell on Cut Rock Coral Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick with a fossil clam shell and gold leaf barnacles mounted on a cut rock coral base. The hand-carved, 18th century candlestick originally came from a church in Tuscany. It is mounted on a cut and fossilized rock coral base. The mounted fossil...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Coral, Gold Leaf

Life-Sized Spoonbill Print – Dutch Ornithology by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Spoonbill Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789 – Life-Sized Study This impressive hand-colored copper engraving titled *Platalea leucorodia* portrays the Eurasian spoo...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Paper

18th Century Italian Sunray with Tangerine Crystal Quartz on Angle-Plated Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray adorned with tangerine crystal quartz points on an angle plated quartz. Angle-plated quartz is an extremely rare form of quartz and is only found in the u...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Bases with Polished Fossil Ammonites
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian (Region of Puglia) painted and bronzed bases decorated with a matching pair of polished fossil coordinating ammonites with ruffled copper on a copper in a matrix...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Copper

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on Aragonite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base. The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Bird with Calcite Crystal in a Sphalerite Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded bird on a cut phantom calcite crystal base. The missing wing of the bird has been replicated with a rare coordinating calcite crystal clus...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Crystal, Gold Leaf

17th Century Italian Florence Fragment Vase Mounted with Chalcedony Rosettes
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase mounted and encrusted with chalcedony rosettes on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This was one of the worst floods recorded since the Renaissance and drew thousands of volunteers from all over the world to help save the city known for its precious history, artwork, artifacts, and rare books. The volunteers were called "the mud angels" because of the mud and silt left everything from the damage of the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The chalcedony rosettes perfectly emulate the color and texture of the piece. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Agatized Coral on an Agate Slice
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...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on an Aragonite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base. The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Eucharist Emblem Fragment Mounted on Mica with Garnet
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian eucharist emblem fragment mounted on mica with garnets with a baroque pearl and topaz. The ecclesiastical fragment was original used to depict a symbol of the eu...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Cross with Fossil Agate Coral and Mounted on Fossil Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross with fossil agate coral and mounted on fossil coral. The fossil agate coral and fossil coral are put together with the 18th century cross to lo...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment Candlestick Base with Rock Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with a rock coral head and coordinating elestial quartz crystals crafted to the coral and the feet of the candlestick. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with an Ammonite and Crystal Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base mounted and adorned with quartz crystals and topped with an ammonite. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Sunray with Tangerine Quartz on Phantom Red Calcite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold sunray fragment with tangerine crystal quartz points on a polished optical calcite base. The hand-carved, hand-painted wood fragment sunray was once part of...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Crystal

18th Century Italian Gilt Sunray on a Blue Celestite Sphere with Crystal Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray on a celestite sphere and wrapped in coordinating blue crystal quartz. The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part of a cru...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celestite Sphere with Blue Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on a blue celestite sphere and wrapped in perfectly coordinating blue preserved coral. The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a par...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Leaf Fragments with Quartz Crystals on Selenite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Rococo Italian gilded leaf fragments with quartz crystals on a selenite slab. The Italian fragments originally came from a historical Italian church. The fra...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Station of the Cross Mounted on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian station of the cross on calcite crystals in matrix with a natural-forming baroque pearl. This is the second station of the cross in a group of 14 and originall...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Station of the Cross Mounted on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian station of the cross on calcite crystals in matrix with a natural-forming baroque pearl. The station of the cross is originally from a historical church in Ita...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18TH Century Putti Statue
Located in San Angelo, TX
Absolutely breathtaking, one of a kind 18th century putti statue that stands upon a pedestal. Found and purchased in Lucca, Italy. In great condition for...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with Fossil Coral and Lemon Crystals
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" with fossil agate coral and natural lemon quartz crystals and mounted on a coral base.  This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Rock Crystal, Quartz

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base. The fragment was originally p...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Fragment with Mica in Matrix and Crystal Quartz Points
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment decorated with mica and crystal quartz points on a polished agate base. The 18th century fragment originally came from a candlestick in a his...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Agate, Quartz

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with Pyrophyllite and Titanium Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on pyrophyllite with titanium quartz. The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a halo motif as part ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with a Chalcedony Rosette
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment with a chalcedony rosette. It has antique hand-written Italian inscriptions on the base. The chalcedony mineral mimics the color and texture of the distressed wood fragment. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This was one of the worst floods recorded since the Renaissance and drew thousands of volunteers from all over the world to help save the city known for its precious history, artwork, artifacts, and rare books. The volunteers were called "the mud angels" because of the mud and silt left everything from the damage of the flood. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence fragments...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

19th Century Italian Peditment Fragment with Pectin Shells and Crystal on Lucite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian pediment fragment decorated with pectin shells and red phantom crystal points on a lucite base. The piece is put together by ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Pair of 18th Century Italian Finial Bases with Agate Coral on a Lucite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian finial bases with coordinating polished agate coral on a Lucite base. Florida’s state stone, agatized coral, began as li...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

19th Century Italian Gilded Frame Fragment with Apophyllite and Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian painted and gilded frame fragment adorned baroque pearls and mounted on apophyllite, stilbite, and baroque pearls. The 19th century Italian fragment was origina...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Marble Angel in a Bleached Turtle Shell on Alabaster
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian Carrara marble angel in a bleached turtle shell mounted on a polished alabaster base.  The bleached turtle shell emulates a bath for the angel. The angel is cra...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

Herkimer Diamonds in Matrix Mounted on 18th Century Italian Molding Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Herkimer diamonds in matrix mounted on an 18th century Italianhand-carved and gilded distressed molding and adorned with baroque pearls. "Herkimer diamonds" are unique and classic d...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Giltwood Base with a Chesapecten Fossil Shell Formation
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded base with a Chesapecten fossil shell formation and natural-forming baroque pearls. The Chesapecten shell cluster was found fro...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood

18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with chalcopyrite and calcite crystals in matrix. The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italia...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Pyrite

18th Century Italian Base with Plaster Cherub Fragment and Polished Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Italian plaster cherub with polished agate coral wings on an 18th century Italian gilded candlestick base with polished agate slices. The Italian 18th century gilded base is origina...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Base with Plaster Cherub and Polished Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Italian plaster cherub with polished agate coral wings on an 18th century Italian gilded candlestick base with polished agate slices. The Italian 18th century gilded base is origina...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Figure of Christ on Crystal with Mica with Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian, distressed, hand carved and painted figure of Christ on crystal with mica and tourmaline with natural forming baroque pearl. The figure of Christ came off of a ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Large Paesina Stone Plaque on Slate Grand Tour in Frame 18th Century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Village stone plaque applied on slate in original frame, Louis XVI period, second half of the 18th century. "Pietra paesina" is a special variety of alberese limestone, found around...
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Slate

Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilded Bases with Angel Wing Shells and Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved bases with two matching angel wing shells and adorned with coordinating natural forming baroque pearls. The hand-carved, gold le...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Angel and a Baroque Pearl
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian gilded angel mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with a natural-forming baroque pearl. The piece is inspired ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment Vase with Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" vase adorned with calcite crystals and mounted with calcite crystals in a zinc matrix. The calcite crystals are from the famous Elmwood Mine ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Crystal, Zinc

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick top with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It ha...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

18th Century Florence Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral and Herkimer Diamonds
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with fossil agate coral and Herkimer diamonds on a lucite base. Fossil agate coral is mounted on top of the artifact. Fossil agate coral is Florida's s...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal

18th Century Rococo Italian Florence Fragment with Fossil Shells and Barnacles
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment topped with natural forming clusters of fossil shells and barnacles. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the histori...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment Candlestick with Fishtail Selenite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base mounted with a fishtail selenite and decorated with chalcedony rosettes and ecphora shells. This fragment is from a church ...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Florence Fragment Base with Fossil Shells in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base topped with a variety of fossil shells in matrix and mounted on a rock coral base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Mounted on Phantom Optical Calcite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold mica and baroque pearls on a phantom optical calcite base. The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Figure of Christ on a Calcite Cluster
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gold leaf wood fragment figure of Christ (Florence) on calcite crystal cluster in matrix. The calcite crystal cluster is from Elmwood Mine, Tennesse...
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Italian Modern Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with Smokey Crystal Quartz and Ammonite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century candlestick base from Tuscany mounted with a coordinating ammonite and dark, smoky quartz crystal point. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz

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