M249 cross 17th century Italian church vase

17th century Italian church vase topped with agate coral and fossil ammonites mounted on an agate slice base

The hand-carved gold leaf fragments frame around the butterfly

This crystalline form of selenite gypsum is comprised of striations which look like optical light fibers

The kyanite perfectly emulates the color and shape of the sunburst

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M249 cross 17th century Italian church vaseSculptural 18th century hand carved Florence Fragment vase with a serpulorbis imbricatus and siliquaria fossil shell formations and mounted on an agate with crystal druzy cube cut base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of the sculptural fragment. They