L762 Retail Pair of 18th century Italian

Pair of 18th century Italian gold-leaf fragments adorned with an oyster shell and natural-forming baroque pearls on a lucite base

Originally

pearly luster called satin spare decorated with calcite and natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base

It is on a matrix with tapering barite crystals from Elk Mine in Meade

L762 Retail Pair of 18th century Italian17th century Italian fragment mounted with fossil rose sea coral. This type of sea coral receives its name from is flowery shape. It's scientific name is Manicina areolata and it derives from the brain coral family (Faviidae). 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