L706 pyrite Pair of 19th century gold

Pair of 19th century gold gilded Florentine frames with Japanese abalone mother of pearl and 18th century Italian fragments

Rare Moroccan stalactite decorated with an 18th-century Italian (Florence) wood fragment with faden crystals and fossil shells on a petrified wood base

The ecclesiastical artifact is mounted on a bed of quartz crystals

It is gold leaf and has a bole underlay

shells and crystal points

L706 pyrite Pair of 19th century gold17th century Italian cross adorned with silver leaf shells, silver plated kyanite, galeana, and ammonites on a scallop Chesapecten shell cluster formation base. The chesapecten shells also adorn the cross to imitate the top part of the halo. The crucifix originally came from a church in Tuscany. The chesapecten shell cluster are found from the banks of the James River and are usually 3 to 8 million years old. Fossilized marine life makes up parts of