M139 18th Century and baroque pearl are put

and baroque pearl are put together in a sculptural form - creating a piece that appears to have evolved together over time

18th century Italian Carrara marble angel in a bleached turtle shell mounted on a polished alabaster base

14" high x 6" wide x 5" deep

5" round and 8" high x 4" round

M139 18th Century and baroque pearl are put17th century Italian candlestick fragment mounted with with a complete ammonite fossil shell. 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 pieces to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of the sculptural fragment. The shells coordinate with the fragment's original features and remnants of the flood as if it