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Period: Mid-19th Century
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
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A collection of three 'Grand Tour' English / Italian polychrome marble plaques or paperweights, one rectangular; two of cartouche form, the 'Derbyshire' or 'Belgian Black' marble slabs inset with native English stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, and Jasper in 'ovoid' and 'kidney' form inlays.
Measurements :
Rectangular plaque: 8" by 4.63" by .88"
Cartouche plaque...
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English Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
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
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
These 31 Brazilian amulets, or balangada, were hammered from sheets of silver in the 19th century to form pomegranates, sugar apples, guava, and other...
Category
Brazilian Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
$8,500 / set
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, ...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Very Big cattle’s horns, Native American, Stanta Fè, NM, 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
A Native American stage of long horns of cattle, mounted on a wooden support, covered in saddle leather, hand-printed on the surface with a design in relief, depicting a head of catt...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Horn, Leather
French 1930s Tôle and Glass Tree in Pot Sculpture with Orange and Yellow Fruits
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French tôle and glass tree in pot from the mid 20th century, with orange and yellow fruits. Created in France during the second quarter of the 20th century, this botanical sculptur...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Tôle
Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Costello Mine Group, Gleeson, Arizona
Located in New York, NY
From Defiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Classic aesthetic specimen of lustrous sharp Wulfenite crystals in a s...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$6,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Silver Chamberstick / Candleholder Hippocampus / Seahorse, 1837 Munich, Germany
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silver Chamberstick / candleholder hippocampus / seahorse, circa 1837 Munich, Germany.
This silver Chamberstick retain the original detachable snuffer.
We have specialized in the sa...
Category
German Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Italian Marble Sculpture of a Cherub Forging Love by Pio Fedi
By Pio Fedi
Located in Lantau, HK
Considered by his contemporaries as one of the most distinguished and talented sculptors of his time, Pio Fedi, who produced many works for European monarchs,...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Imperio Obelisk in Tortoiseshell Inlaid with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Huge obelisk from the French imperial period in tortoiseshell with semi-precious stones resting on balls.
Category
French Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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A pair of monkey skull amulets
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Probably Papua New Guinea, or Borneo, Dayak, late 19th/early 20th century
H. approx. 12 cm (incl. stand, each)
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Collectible Native American Indian Hunter with Wolf Headresses
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Antique Victorian Marble Roman Ruins Grand Tour Statue Sculpture Columns Pillars
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Red Coral Sculpture
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A Vintage Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Ruler, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 1/4" ruler with 8 different specimens inset with in a black marble frame.
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Italian Grand Tour Red Marble Model of Trajan’s Column
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An Italian Grand Tour rosso antico red marble model of Trajan’s Column, circa 1840.
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A marine specimen: a pair of sea turtle carapace, Italy 1850.
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Organic tree root sculpture
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A fantastic burl wood rootpiece. This root was probably salvaged when harvesting a beautiful tree to make furniture back in the 19th centuyr. As nothing was wasted this piece was use...
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Pair of Antique Grand Tour Breccia Marble Orbs. Italy C.1850
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Marlin Fish Rostrum Turned to Emulate the Narwal Tusk, Italy 1850
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Marlin Fish Rostrum Turned to Emulate the Narwal Tusk, Italy 1850
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Antique Carved French Oak Capital on Stand, Dated 1841
Located in Dallas, TX
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a massive root chestnut treetrunk
Located in Brecht, BE
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Large French Decorative TOTEM from the 19th Century
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Scrimshaw Turban Shell Carved with the Leviathan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
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Branches of Mediterranean Coral, Italy, 1850
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