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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Huge gogotte with hole, natural sculpture
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Gogottes are an authentic proof of nature's artistic skills. We still don't understand fully how these natural sculptures, made of more than 99% of pure silica sand concentrated, do...
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2010s Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

A big diorama with crystals, butterflies and flowers, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A large cabinet of curiosities diorama with natural crystal specimens and multicolored butterflies, mounted under an oval blown glass bell jar, with a black lacquered poplar base. An...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Crystal

Stylish Midcentury White Metal Bamboo Flower Design Pendant Light / Chandelier
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted Italian faux bamboo and flower pendant. If you like to surround yourself with rare and stylish home accessories then this handcrafted pendant from the mid-century era co...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Metal

Elysian - Large Brass Sculpture with Biophilic Design and Marble Base
Located in Porto, PT
Introducing Elysian, a large sculpture that epitomizes the essence of biophilic design, seamlessly integrating the serene beauty of nature into your living space. Inspired by the nat...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Marble, Brass

Petrified Wood n°C Side Table
Located in Paris, FR
SIde Table Petrified Wood n°C. Side table in solid petrified wood from Indonesia. Petrified wood has turned into stone. Trees have been buried for many years under sediment they tra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Petrified Wood

Gogotte de Fontainebleau
Located in MILL, NL
Gogotte de Fontainebleau Highly unique. Gigantic fragment of Gogotte de Fontainebleau on custom stand. A Gogotte de Fontainebleau is a natural sandstone formation that originated ...
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15th Century and Earlier French Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Other

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Streptopelia turtur) Dove on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cab...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Vintage Hans Hedberg Green 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 glaze. Hedberg worked with several famous artists, among Picasso, Léger and Matisse. It is signed and in very good condition, it has some minor white...
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1960s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Ceramic

Agathized Dinosaur Bone Sphere. Polished
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Here is an authentic dinosaur bone that has been agathized and polished in a spherical shape. Great curiosity and scientific item, it show the structure of the bone in a mazy patter...
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2010s Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

Antique under the Water School Specimen
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique under the water school specimen. An antique natural wunderkammer glass display with marine life in the depths of the sea. The specimen is set ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Glass, Wood

Showcase with Stone Specimen, Decomposition of Rocks, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Showcase with Stone Specimen - Decomposition of Rocks, ca. 1930 The vintage natural scientific specimen diorama shows the decomposition of rocks behind glass in a wooden case. It wa...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

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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18th Century Dutch Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Paper

Awesome Huge Mid-Century Modern Olive Mushroom
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Handmade. Incredibly beautiful grain. Very good condition.
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1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Olive

Stoneware Egg Sculpture White Brown Concrete by Hans Hedberg, Biot, France
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 ...
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1980s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Ceramic

Fossils sea urchins : Scutellas. -20 millions years. From France, Touraine
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
These esthetics, decorative, and historicaly intersting fossils sea urchins, names Scutella, come from the faluns of Touraine in France. Faluns are a sedimentary layer made of shells...
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2010s French Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

Stylized Murano Horse Head Sculpture in Sommerso Glass
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylized Murano Horse Head Sculpture in Sommerso Glass A great Murano horse sculpture in clear and grey Sommerso glass. Manufactured circa 1970. possibly...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Art Glass

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...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Porphyry

Malachite and Chrysocolla, rough from Congo on wooden stand
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
This mineral specimen from Congo, mix of malachite and chrysocolla, is deviated from copper. Showing a smooth and hilly surface of green malachite and deep vibrant blue color chryso...
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2010s Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone, Malachite

Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Palm Screen
Located in Hilversum, NL
This exquisite early 20th century hand-carved screen is sculpted from a 200-year-old Sumatra palm trunk, showcasing the rich natural beauty and craftsmanship of the period. The scree...
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Early 20th Century Asian Arts and Crafts Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Palmwood, Reclaimed Wood

An Ammonite Fossil
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A beautiful Ammonite Fossil, this extinct invertebrates marine animal lived 160 million years ago, beautiful patina and shine of the stone, beautiful array of colors, very decorative...
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Sandstone

Pétrea I – Sculptural Floral Centerpiece and Decorative Accent
Located in Porto, PT
Introducing Pétrea, an extraordinary large-size sculpture inspired by the diverse beauty of flowers in nature, specifically the exquisite Strelitziaceae family. This magnificent piec...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Marble, Brass

Vivit – Decorative Nature-Inspired Statue in Polished Brass
Located in Porto, PT
Introducing Vivit, a unique decorative brass statue that embodies the elegance and vitality of nature. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, Vivit captures the essence of the ...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Red Extra-Size Starfish, Océano Pacific, Ophidiaster Ophidianus
By Oceanic Arts
Located in Valladolid, ES
Ophidiaster ophidianus, measures: 495 × 418 × 140 mm, 576 g weight 2018, Océano Pacífico Red extra-size starfish! A fantastic specimen of Ophidiaster ophidianus caught in the Solo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pacific Islands Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Other

Sculpted Tablet On Base
Located in Nijlen, BE
Sculpted natural stone tablet on base. Beautiful on a custom tripod with an antique character. A stone that has in its natural palette, shades of pink, blue and gray-brown. A true pa...
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1940s French Minimalist Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Pétrea III – Nature-Inspired Marble and Gold Sculpture
Located in Porto, PT
The Pétrea III Sculpture is a commanding expression of nature transformed into art. Inspired by the exotic Strelitziaceae, it captures the dramatic rhythm and elegance of the bird-of...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Marble, Brass

Vintage School Teaching Display of Usefull Insects
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A classical vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating usefull insects (insects as producers, insects pollinating flowers, insect sanitary police and insects annihil...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Glass, Wood

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

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Indigo Contemporary and Customizable Fish Tank or Aquarium Stand
By Luísa Peixoto
Located in PT
Indigo fish tank or aquarium stand, all lacquered and with pearl finishing.   Bespoke / Customizable Identical shapes with different sizes and finishing...
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2010s Portuguese Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Lacquer

Large Fossil Stone Ammonite
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6416 - Large fossil stone shell - Ammonites were predatory Prehistorie cephalopod mollusks which existed between 400 and 66 million years ago before dying out during the exinction ...
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy International Style Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

Natural specimen: with amethyst, mica and desert rose crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druse with Amethyst, Mica and Desert rose crystals, mounted over a guild-plated wooden base on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Amethyst, Rock Crystal

Pair of Smoky Quartz, Vanadinite, Malachite, Copper Crystals, Italy, circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of a naturalia mineral specimen. A composition with smoky quartz, vanadinite, malachite and native copper crystals, mounted over a gold plated wooden base with leaves. Italy c...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Malachite, Quartz, Copper

A pair of white-sand gorgonian branches, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A big pair of fan-shaped white sand 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

A pair of Mediterranean red coral branches, copper bases, Italy 1870s.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia: a pair of Mediterranean red coral branches (Coralium Rubrum), mounted on vase-shaped embossed copper bases. Italy circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Coral, Copper

Elytra shells of insect jewels from Thailand
Located in Leuven , BE
A new material made from the elytra (shells) of insect jewels from Thailand - Sternoceras Aequisignata - The satin-finish brass stand brings out the incr...
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20th Century Unknown Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Organic Material

Labradorite, (yellow/blue/green/orange) mineral from Madagascar
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Labradorite is a great classical colorful decoration mineral, and one of the most famous from Madagascar. Scientifically, the phenomenon leading to it's color changing is called adu...
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2010s Malagasy Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Precious Stone

An ostrich egg from a wunderkammer, with an ebonized wooden base, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia an ostrich egg (Struthio camelus) mounted on an ebonized wooden base. The upper part, mounted on the summit, in the shape of a pinnacle, always of the same w...
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Early 20th Century Italian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Ostrich Eggshell, Wood

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.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Shell, Wood

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

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Quartz

Electric Blue Labradorite polished bloc
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Labradorite is a classic semi precious stone from Madagascar. This bloc is a perfect desk size specimen, weighing 1350 grams, and shows a great flash of electric blue color. The col...
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2010s Malagasy Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Precious Stone

Natural fossil of pecten shell, on wooden stand and brass stick
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
This piece of fossil shell, named "pecten" or scallop, was found in Lubéron, south of france, and prepaired in our workshop in Marseille. It is around 20 millions years old, from Mi...
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2010s French Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Limestone

A branch of Mediterranean red coral on a Paesina stone base, Italy 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped Paesina stone base, with a central body in the shape of a parallelepiped with a bronze profile intert...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Septarian Nodule Custom on stand
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Septarian Nodule Custom on stand Fossil - Mineral - Decoration Measures : 26x14cm H:38cm Magnificent cross-section of Septarian nodules on a metal stand. Septarian nodules are fossi...
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20th Century Belgian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Stone

Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Aythya marila) gray duck small plunger mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory an...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

1970s Large Sawtooth Sculpture
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
197s Large sawthooth sculpture monted on brass and chromed steel base.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass, Steel

Natural specimen: a pair of amethyste and calcite flowers crystals, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A pair of amethiste and calcite flowers crystals druzes, mounted over guild-plated wooden bases on a vase shape. Italy circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Amethyst, Rock Crystal

Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Forest Edge
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of the Insects of the Forest Edge A vintage school teaching showcase with specimen illustrating the insects of the forest edge. Used as teachin...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pyrite cubes on matrix, sharp, mirror like luster. From Spain, Navajun.
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
This Pyrite cluster on Matrix from Navajun in Spain, show the criterias of top best quality. The edges are intacts and sharp, the luster mirror like, and the compisition is naturally...
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2010s Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Pyrite

Art Deco Sculpture of Woman with Greyhounds 1920/30s France
By Ugo Cipriani
Located in Den Haag, NL
This striking original Art Deco sculpture depicts a graceful woman walking two sleek Borzois,, a motif that exemplifies the elegance and glamour of the 1920s and 1930s. The figure is...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Pewter

Coco de Mer Polished on custom stand
Located in MILL, NL
Coco de mer is the Palm with the largest coconuts in the world. It grows only on the Seychelles islands of Curieuse and Praslin. The Coco de mer's place of growth was only discovere...
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19th Century Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Paper

Antique Teaching Model of the Adipose Spleen, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the adipose spleen. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Plaster, Wood, Paper

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

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Wood

Children Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Bronze Children with structure in solid bronze with base in solid oak in natural finish. Bronze is cast using the lost wax method. Base dimension: L18xD18xH3,5cm.
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Bronze

A pair of brecciated marble Paradise spheres, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of spheres in brecciated marble Paradise, resting on a circular bronze base with a wavy profile and a central excrescent disk. Italy, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Rare and important white coral on it brass base France, circa 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Rare and important specimen of white coral mounted on a brass base. Width: 66 cm (26 inches) Height: 50 cm (19.7 inches) Depth: 35 cm (13.8 inches)
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1970s French Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Coral, Brass

A branch of a light blue mother of pores with shells, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen, with various examples of shells, is mounted on a column-shaped wooden base with gilded par...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Coral

Two heads Fang reliquary, 20th c
Located in Lisboa, PT
Fang janiform reliquary head, stylized headdress with two drooping locks, pierced base of the neck with triple braided necklace wicker. Gabon, 20th c.
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Mid-20th Century Gabonese Continental Europe Natural Specimens

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Wicker, Wood

Natural Specimen: a Native Copper and Vanadinite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A druze of Vanadinite and native copper crystals, mounted over carved lacquered wooden base, brown color. Italy, circa 1880.
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Late 20th Century Italian Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Copper

Napoleone Martinuzzi, a Pianta Grassa sculpture
Located in Zurich, CH
Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892-1977), a 'Pianta Grassa' sculpture, ca. 1925-1931 executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy 21 cm (height) signed with two-line acid stamp very good conditio...
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1930s Italian Vintage Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Murano Glass

Taxidermy marine specimen: a Stingray fish, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Stingray (Raja Clavata). The Specimen is stuffed and mounted over a base that rotates 360 degrees on its own axis and tilts a...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Continental Europe Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

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