L445 Interi 18th century Italian candlestick base

18th century Italian candlestick base with a prehistoric geode

spharlerite with fluorite

The Italian cross is persevered and transformed into a new work of old and new with the precious minerals - interpreting the past to create a piece entirely original

The crucifix is painted black with green marbleized details on the base

The canvas is distressed with natural organic pigments

L445 Interi 18th century Italian candlestick base18th century Italian fragment with coordinating natural shells, hand applied gold leaf barnacles and shells, gold plated chalcedony rosettes and crystal points, fused glass, and pyrite on a hand painted gallery 1 inch canvas. The canvas is distressed with gold powders used by restorers in Italy in the 18th and 19th century. These powders are no longer available. The 18th century fragment originally came from a church in Tuscany. The Italian artifact