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Item Ships From: Italy
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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Plaster

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

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 Italy 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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

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...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Silver

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood, Paper

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...
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1960s Vintage Italy 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...
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Late 19th Century Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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 ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italy 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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Glass, Wood

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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Sicilian Neoclassical Revival Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Plaster

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Metal

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

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 Italy 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 Italy 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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Murano Glass, Stained Glass

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 Italy 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 Italy 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Italy 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 Italy 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...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Horn, Leather

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Malachite, Quartz, Copper

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, 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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell, Wood

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...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ostrich Eggshell, Wood

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Bronze

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst, Rock Crystal

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Breccia Marble, Bronze

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Copper

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 Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Brass

Sculpture "Costruzioni Di Oasi", Design Mario Schifano, Italy 1979
By Mario Schifano
Located in Napoli, IT
Sculpture "Costruzioni di Oasi", designed and produced by Mario Schifano in 1979. These sculptures were made in 100 pieces; the one for sale is numero 55 as per the engraving on the...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

An ostrich egg from a wunderkammer, with a red painted wooden base, Italy 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of Naturalia an ostrich egg (Struthio camelus) mounted on a wooden base painted red. The upper part, mounted on the summit, in the shape of a pinnacle, always of the same ...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ostrich Eggshell, Wood

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

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” stones spheres, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of marine fossil “Mothership” spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Brass

Gufram Sassi Pouf by Piero Gilardi
By Gufram Furniture, Piero Gilardi
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beginning in 1968, Piero Gilardi adhered to the new artistic trends of this period, such as Arte Povera, Land Art, Antiform Art, and participated in several international critiques o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Foam

Big group of mineral specimen of naturalia: amethiste and quartz, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A mineral specimen of Naturalia. A large druse with amethyst and quartz crystals, mounted on a vase-shaped gray lacquered wooden base. Italy circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Amethyst

A specimen from Wunderkammer: the tail of a barracuda fish. Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen from Wunderkammer: the tail of a barracuda fish (sphyraena barracuda). An example of a natural specimen intended to be suspended, consists of the tail of a barracuda (sphy...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

A pair of diorama with hermit crabs, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen a pair of marine diorama with Hermit Crab (Pagurus Bernhardus) a brunch, fan shaped of Horny coral, reef, shells. The Specimens are mounted inside a glass...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

A sphere of Aragonite stone, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of Aragonite stone, resting on a base, made of silver which has a cup-shaped stand with a wavy profile that opens upwards with a concave surface. Italy circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Silver

A branch of a light blue mother of pores, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of Blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base with parts gilded and parts painted light blue. Ita...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Natural Specimen: Cubic Pyrite and Fluorite Crystals, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A Naturalia mineral specimen. A fluorite crystals and cubic pyrite cristals mounted over a guild-plated and lacquered wooden base with leaves decorati...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Stuffed bird: (Tichodroma muraria), for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural Specimen from Wunderkammer stuffed bird (Tichodroma muraria) Wallcreeper on a fruitwood base painted black, with a paper scroll at the base reading: Specimen for laboratories...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Fruitwood, Paper

An iron vase full of shells, France circa 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
An iron cast square vase with an iron base, with relief decorative elements, over which is a connecting element. Overall the iron rods that describe a vase silouette. The basket is f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Iron

Stuffed Green Sandpiper Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus) mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Anas querquedula) Garganey mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Art TOTEM Clair De Lune Light Blue White N/Edit. by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Limited edition of 29 pieces. From Primitive clay magma, by playing with shapes, Sottsass makes the “philosophy” of a state of mind visible and concrete: as if in the musical atmosph...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Stuffed Bullfinch Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Bullfinch, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Bullfinch on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brogi Naturalist...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Italy Natural Specimens

Materials

Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers

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