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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Bunch of Blue Grapes, Ceramics by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Large bunch of grapes designed by Hans Hedberg (1917-2007) Swedish ceramist who had his studio in Biot, near nice in France. The grapes comes with a stand in acrylic glass that is ...
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1980s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Free-standing Ammonite Fossil
Located in Nijlen, BE
Ammonites from Madagascar are the fossilized shells of extinct squid that lived 65 to 110 million years ago. These fossils are found worldwide, but Madagascar is a well-known source ...
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Primitive Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Large Desert Rose from Tunesia
Located in Hellouw, NL
The Desert Rose is a striking cluster of crystal formations that naturally forms in arid, sandy regions—most famously, the desert. Composed mainly of selenite (a variety of gypsum) a...
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Late 20th Century Tunisian Prehistoric Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Rock Crystal

Coco de mer on custom stand
Located in MILL, NL
Very beautiful rustic unprocessed Coco de Mer. Never opened, still contains contents. On custom black stand. Coco de Mer is the palm tree with the largest coconuts in the world. It ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Other

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...
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Mid-20th Century Sicilian Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Plaster

Small Size Antique Alabaster Bald Eagle Sculpture w. Glass Eyes
Located in Lisse, NL
Magnificent hand-carved eagle on a rock sculpture. This beautifully hand-carved alabaster eagle possesses the strong, streamlined frame, sharp eyes, a...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Alabaster

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...
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2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

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...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Large Decorative Cane Cactus, 1960s
By Guido Drocco and Franco Mello
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large decorative cane cactus, 1960s. In very good vintage condition with minimal wear of use.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Cane

Large Brown and Colored Stoneware Ceramic Tree Sculpture Claude Gaget
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget Amazing large stoneware tree sculpture by the French artist. Original perfect conditions, signed at the base GAGET Brown and colored firi...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Rare Beautifully Hand-Carved Antique Dutch Arts Crafts Beveled Wall Mirror
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking wall mirror with handcarved geometrical 'flowers' and trefoil symbols. Via one of our foreign contacts we recently purchased this perfectly fine and deeply handcarved, sc...
Category

Early 20th Century European Gothic Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Mirror, Wood

1950s Rubber Human body for Acupuncture Model China
Located in Den Haag, NL
Authentic 1950s Acupuncture Meridian Model . ''Chinese TXT reads'' Made in the people republic of China Good Health Kangle Brand Company . Very good condition . On a Wooden base ...
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1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Rubber

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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

Red Coral Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture red coral handcrafted sculpture with more than 800 red cabochons hand-placed. With structure and base in solid brass gold-plated 24-karat. Except...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Gold Plate, Brass

Red Coral Sculpture
Red Coral Sculpture
$7,577 / item
Black Forest Woodcarving Men with pipe 1923
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful handmade Black Forest Woodcarving . Tiroler men with Pipe . Very nice quality carving . signed with a monogram M O . and underneath the place where it was made . and dated...
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1920s German Black Forest Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Pearwood

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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

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 Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Silver

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...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Set of four vintage Deer Antlers 1900 on Hand-Carved Wood, Blackforest-Austia
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of four vintage deer antlers from 1900, incorporated into a carved wooden plaque, elegantly flanked by oak leaves. A fine example of traditional Central European craftsmanship, c...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Folk Art Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Antler, Nutwood

African Malachite egg on Malachite base, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
African Malachite egg on Malachite base, 1970s A Malachite egg standing on a Malachite bowl, with exactly the size that the egg fits in the bowl and can be used as stand. Has some f...
Category

20th Century Congolese Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite

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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Organic sculpture in Narra hardwood from the Philippines
Located in Kastrup, DK
Beautiful organic sculpture in Narra hardwood (root wood) from the Philippines. It is an Asian tradition to appreciate sculptures found in the nature, and Narra is the national tree...
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Mid-20th Century Philippine Other Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Large Amber Stone Beautiful Gemstone
Located in Oirlo, LI
Beautiful rough stone with beautiful colors. Natural amber beautiful to process as jewelry. The weight of this stone is 86 grams.
Category

1960s Baltic Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Multi-gemstone

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...
Category

1960s Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Original botanical model of the Tulip flower Robert Brendel late 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Original Brendel botanical model of the Tulip flower made in Germany around the end of the 19th century by Robert Brendel (1821-1898). The flower is made of wood and papier mache and...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Antique Real Skull of a Rabbit, Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Real Skull of a Rabbit, Germany ca. 1900s An antique taxidermied skull of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) mounted on an ebonized wooden tur...
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Late 19th Century German Folk Art Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone, Wood

Midcentury Anzengruber Ceramic Christmas Tree with Silent Night Playpiece
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
This Amazing and rara Austrian Midcentury Christmas tree was designed by Leopold Anzengruber 1948 and was manufactured by Anzengruber Kerami...
Category

1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic

Large Skull Sculpture by the Spanish Artist Gabriel, circa 1990
Located in Girona, Spain
Large skull sculpture by the Spanish Artist Gabriel Made with Rubber Strips, circa 1990, Spain Very good vintage condition. Gabriel Sanz Romero was born in 1954 in Barcelona. He ...
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Rubber

Unique Antique Hand Carved Dutch Arts Crafts Wall Mirror with Lion Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking, geometrical design wall mirror with handcarved lion / cat carving. Via one of our trade contacts we recently purchased this perfectly hand carve...
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Malachite natural specimen sculpture
Located in Delft, NL
Malachite natural specimen sculpture A large natural malachite specimen on a cypress wood base. Cypress wood is softwood and not heavy. The beautifully shaped piece of malachite is ...
Category

20th Century African Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite

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 Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, 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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

1920s Czech Taxidermy Cow Tur Domácí Bos Taurus Hind Leg Bone Classroom Study
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very interesting early 20th Century Czech made taxidermy cow "Tur Domácí Bos Taurus" hind leg for classroom study, probably used at a University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The leg is at least a hundred years old, you can see by the way it is fixed together (the curly iron thread) and the surface ware of the real bones, it is smooth and yellowish. The iron and wood holder however is probably aded very recently (my guess is in the 80s 90s). Tur Domácí Bos Taurus (which is Czech and Latin for domestic bovine, or domestic cow) is an even-toed ungulate from the genus Bos of the bovine family...
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Early 20th Century Czech Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

Ammonite fossil : Kranaosphinctes. On custom steel claw stand
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
This ammonite specimen (species : kranaosphinctes) from Madagascar, cretaceous (-85 to -65 millions years before our era) displays an exceptionnal and top quality shell preservation ...
Category

2010s Malagasy Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Natural Malachite Specimen – 7.7 kg – 21 cm High
Located in Bilzen, BE
Natural Malachite Specimen – 7.7 kg – 21 cm High An impressive natural malachite formation featuring striking stalagmite-like structures and rich deep-green hues. This large specime...
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Early 20th Century Congolese Other Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite

Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Fresh Water Habitat
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Fresh Water Habitat A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the fresh water habitat. Used as teaching material in ...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

Vintage Hans Hedberg Egg Sculpture, Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...
Category

1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

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 Sicilian Neoclassical Revival Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Plaster

Very Large Amethyst Cathedral Geode
Located in Delft, NL
Very large amethyst cathedral geode Amethyst cathedral geode of 69 cm high and 43 kilos This amethyst cathedral geode has a natural shap...
Category

20th Century Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst

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 Italian Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

Wabi Sabi Mushroom Sculptures, France, Late 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
These handcrafted mushroom sculptures embody the wabi-sabi aesthetic, celebrating imperfection, balance, and the quiet beauty of natural forms. Each piece features textured stems and...
Category

Late 20th Century French Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Concrete

Abstract Sculpture of a Teak Root
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Abstract ,natural sculpture of a Teak Root, made of one entire Teak Root, warm and beautiful patina of the blond Teak Wood, mounted on a metal base, great natural sculpture to be use...
Category

2010s Indonesian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Teak

Sculptural Gogotte Sandstone Formation on Custom Base, Fontainebleau - France
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An extraordinary natural Gogotte formation from Fontainebleau, France — a geological masterpiece formed millions of years ago from fine quartz sand fused together by mineral-rich wat...
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15th Century and Earlier French Prehistoric Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Quartz

Large Italian 1960s Aragonite Crystal Vide Poche
Located in Milan, IT
Large Italian 1960s Aragonite Crystal Vide Poche
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Duo of cubic Pyrites from Spain, Navajun. Uncommonly perfect cube
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
We usually call these, cubes of pyrite, but the size of the edges might differs. Here, both cubes are perfectly cubics with same size edges. Which is uncommon. 850 grams Size of bi...
Category

2010s Spanish Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Pyrite

Vintage Hans Hedberg Brown Stoneware Egg Sculpture, Scandinavian Modern Ceramics
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 30 cm (12") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a lovely . Hedberg worked with several famous artists, among Picasso, Léger and Matisse. It is signed and in very good condition, it has some minor white...
Category

1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Fossil Fish Plate
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Fish Plate,one large and and 5 smaller Fish, Green River Formation, Priscara Fish, Wyoming USA, Eocene Period, very decorative object, can be mounted on a wall, very deco...
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15th Century and Earlier American Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Walnut

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...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Murano Glass, Stained Glass

Sculpture in Wood Butalist Design, 1950s France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Description: this sculpture was made in the 1950s in France. It consists of a black oak base and an oak ball carved . Very nice work combining organic form and raw material. Conditi...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Oak

Rare Green Fluorite, U.V Reactive, from Madagascar.
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
These specimen of green Fluorites from Madagascar are becoming rarer and rarer with time. This one presented here is a great one by it's size and quality (23 cm wide, 3,7kg). It's a...
Category

2010s Malagasy Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Precious Stone

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 Continental Europe 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 Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood

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 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

An important diorama depicting a marine environment, Italy circa 1830.
Located in Milan, IT
An important Italian diorama in a rectangular display case depicting a complex marine environment. The large wooden cabinet, crafted from Italian walnut, is shaped like a parallelepi...
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1820s Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

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

Mid-19th Century American Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Horn, Leather

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