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Style: Prehistoric
Two Encrusted Sea Shells
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An older pair of Shell specimens with an authentic and distressed appearance. One is a Queen Helmet conch shell with pink interior. The second is a smaller shell with overall incrust...
Category
20th Century Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Antique African Neolithic Era Marble Bracelet
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Antique handmade African Neolithic era marble bracelet. These marble bracelets were hand carved in North Africa and likely used for currency. This piece is a unique collectible, w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Antique African Neolithic Era Marble Bracelet
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Antique handmade African Neolithic era marble bracelet. These marble bracelets were hand carved in North Africa and likely used for currency. This piece is a unique collectible, w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Prehistoric Mimbres Corrugated Bowl
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Prehistoric Mimbres prehistoric pottery bowl in as found condition. The Mimbres region of the American Southwest is celebrated for the beautiful and expressive black-on-white pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
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Lot three Mercury Glass Christmas Ornaments Sea Shell , Vintage German, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare antique ornament set of three. The size given in the dimensions section refers to the largest item seen in the first picture. These ornaments, were made from ultra-thin hand b...
Category
1910s German Vintage Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
$190 / set
H 2.5 in W 2.13 in D 1.13 in
Silvered Sea Shell Lister
s Conch
Located in New York, NY
Lister's conch fully silvered shell 5". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has ...
Category
2010s Italian Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Giant Natural Clam Shell Filled with Assorted Sea Life Specimens #3
Located in Bradenton, FL
This is a large, 22 inch, gorgeous Natural Giant Clam Shell specimen from the South Pacific seas showcasing deeply scalloped edges, exceptional details and a luminous, calcified surf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Silvered Sea Shell Strombus Pugilis
Located in New York, NY
Strombus pugilis fully silvered shell. Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has b...
Category
2010s Italian Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Root Bowl, Wabi Sabi Style, Scandinavia 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Wooden Wabi Sabi Root bowl from Scandinavia, circa 1800s. In good vintage condition showing beautiful patina from age and use.
Category
19th Century Norwegian Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Original Old Handcolored Print Featuring Various Sea Shells, ca. 1852
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled antique print featuring various sea shells.
This print originates from 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature' by O. Goldsmith. Goldsmith's Animated Nature went thr...
Category
1850s Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$172 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10.44 in W 6.7 in D 0 in
Mid-Century Modern Hand Carved Pink Rock Crystal Catchall Bowl Vide Poche, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern pink and white Mineral Rock ashtray, catchall, vide poche or bowl made in Italy.
Raw Rock Crystal hand carved in a geometric shape.
Great as Ring Dish or Key Bowl...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal
$395
H 1.5 in W 6 in D 5 in
Collection of Ten Antique Carpet Balls
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ten carpet balls crafted in stoneware, decorated and glazed in several different colors and designs including a white cue ball.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
Creel and Gow Silvered Sea Shell Tibia Fusus
Located in New York, NY
Tibia fusus fully silver coated seashell. Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature sil...
Category
2010s Italian Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silvered Sea Shell Scotch Bonnet
Located in New York, NY
Scotch Bonnet fully silvered 4". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered she...
Category
2010s Italian Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Rare Marijuana Ashtray Bowl San Francisco Architect California SF
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Amazing 1950s sculptural ashtray created in the MCM period in San Francisco. Small studio craft, low numbers produced. Signed.
Category
1950s American Vintage Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,800
H 3 in W 6.38 in D 5 in
19th Century Fruitwood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Lathe work, remnants of paint or dark stain. Original pestle included.
Period: First half of the 19th century
Origin: Eastern, US
Size: 5" ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
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Arrowhead Collection, Eastern Woodlands Indians Artifacts, Stone, Copper, Bone
Located in Stamford, CT
Eastern Woodlands Indians arrowhead and artifacts collection with 21 stone examples, with two copper and two metal examples as well as various stone,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Metal, Copper
H 18.5 in W 15 in D 1.75 in
Antique Whale Vertebrae
Located in Rochester, NY
Very big antique whale vertebrae bone in beautiful naturally aged old surface. Measures 30 inches wide x 24 inches deep x 17 1/2 inches high. Spectacul...
Category
19th Century Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Fossil Sea Urchin Group
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A Fossil Sea Urchin group, circa 50 million years old. Polished and mounted on custom made stands. Comprising an Eupatagus antillarum from Ocala Limestone F...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Mounted Miocene Era 18 Million Years Old, Sea Urchin Fossil from Lacoste, France
Located in New York, NY
Plate or bed of well-preserved fossilized sea urchins (Echinoids) (Tripneustes parkinsoni) from the Miocene age (15-18 Million years old). Found in Lacoste, France. Vertically mounte...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Limestone, Metal
H 38.5 in W 30 in D 5 in
Massive Old Red Pipe Organ Coral Specimen
Located in Rochester, NY
Very large red pipe organ coral natural history ocean specimen in old as found condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral
Antique Giant Clam Shell
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique giant clam shell - Tridacna Gigas - in beautifully aged weathered surface color. 100 plus years old. See all pictures.
Category
1880s Cook Islands Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Prehistoric Fossilized Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary example of a fossilized dinosaur nest, in outstanding condition, far superior to the vast majority of examples that appear on the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Prehistoric Fossilized Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Nest Fossil, Cretaceous Period
Located in London, GB
A large and extremely well preserved fossilized dinosaur nest, in outstanding condition, far superior to the vast majority of examples that appear on the market, which are often badly restored.
This nest contains two eggs, of the family Hadrosauridae, dating to the late Cretaceous period...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Ancient Whale Vertebrae Natural History Specimen
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique ancient whale vertebrae with the best naturally aged wear, surface and color. 19th century possibly earlier. Direct from an old private collection. See pictures showing vie...
Category
19th Century American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Large Mounted Prehistoric Pecten Fossil Specimen from the Carboniferous Period
Located in New York, NY
This large group of pectens mounted on a wood base almost appear to have been sculpted from the limestone rock in which they were found in the south of ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Limestone
H 20.5 in W 18 in D 9.5 in
Limestone Ammonite Fossils
Located in Dallas, TX
Ammonite Limestone Fossils. Ammonites ruled the Oceans for 370 million years before mysteriously becoming extinct at the end of the cretaceous period...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Limestone
Prehistoric Turtle Stone Concretion Fossil
Located in Rochester, NY
A many millions of years old large
heavy concretion fossil often called a turtle stone from the Genesee Valley region of New York by Letchworth Sta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Prehistoric Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
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