K744 pyrite Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved

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

It could have been part of a depiction of Saint Sebastian

Size: 9" long (including the 0

fossil agate coral

Pieces vary in size because of the availability of wallpaper fragments

K744 pyrite Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved18th century Italian gilded altar candlestick with a Chesapecten fossil shell formation and natural forming baroque pearls. The 18th century Italian gilded fragment was originally an altar candlestick in a historical church in Italy. The Chesapecten shell cluster was found from the banks of the James River and are usually 3 to 8 million years old. Fossilized marine life makes up parts of the shell cluster's matrix. They go through a meticulous