K744 19th century 18th-century Italian base decorated with

18th-century Italian base decorated with mica and silver leaf shells on an antique metal base decorated with church vestment braid

16" high x 5" wide x 3

16" high x 36" wide

Rare black coral branch on pyrite

K744 19th century 18th-century Italian base decorated with18th 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