M164 google 5" wide 3

5" wide  3

Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved fragment mounted with chalcopyrite in matrix and adorned with calcite crystals and gold-plated kyanite

Polished oblique crystal quartz point

A single selenite log with natural-forming baroque pearls on a custom lucite stand

Pair of 19th century gold gilded Florentine frames with Japanese abalone mother of pearl and 18th century Italian fragments

M164 google 5" wide 318th century Italian cream and gilded tabernacle door adorned with quartz crystal points. This door once belonged on a tabernacle which served the eucharist in a church. It has a carved chalice signifying the communion with rays of light beaming from the center. The crystals points look as though they have naturally grown and crystalized on the ecclesiastical artifact. They are applied to transform the piece into a contemporary work of historical