L771 18th Century The gold leaf on the

The gold leaf on the tourmaline in matrix coordinates with the original gold leaf on the fragment artifact

This is a very important style of frame and it is from the Baroque period

aged 350 million years old

It is mounted on the organic mookaite mineral base and adorned with the natural-forming baroque pearls to emulate the feather-like carvings of the wing

The piece has been combined with the elements to create a historically significant yet contemporary work of old and new

L771 18th Century The gold leaf on the17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with calcite crystals in a rock matrix with gold leaf crystal quartz and mounted on a rock coral base. This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a church in Italy. The calcite crystal in matrix from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee. It is an example of the world's finest crystallized calcite. With the unusual formation of sphalerite and galena, it is unequaled by those from any other part of the world