M164 Mirror 18th century Italian Florence fragment

18th century Italian Florence fragment topped with an ammonite

16”wide x 16”tall x 9” deep

Rutilated quartz is a rare type of quartz that contains inclusions of rutile which look like gold needles intersecting through the crystal quartz

18th-century Tuscan scroll fragment emerges scarred and dusty but kissed with aragonite crystals from strata of wood

M164 Mirror 18th century Italian Florence fragment18th 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